Dispelling the Myths: Palm Oil and the Environmental Lobby
Though Malaysia used to grow a lot of rubber, cocoa and coconut commercially, it has now switched over these plantations to meet the growing demand for palm oil, largely...
A Scam Behind the Australian Palm Oil Labelling Bill?
Western NGOs have been using the Victoria Zoos network to mount anti palm oil campaigns in Australia by making allegations linking palm oil production to deforestation and orang utan...
Australian Labelling Bill on Palm Oil Against WTO Provisions
If palm oil has to be labelled for all food products marketed in Australia, it is likely to disrupt trade. Imports of food products will be affected as the...
Washington Dialogue on Sustainable Palm Oil – NGOs Fail to Sabotage Event
Recently, the Malaysian and Indonesian Ministers in charge of the palm oil industry had a roundtable dialogue with US NGOs, government officials and other food and non-food customers to...
The Case of WENGOs Blindly Pushing for Labelling of Palm Oil
The greatest flaw and danger by Australian Senate in the proposed palm oil labeling Bill is its discriminatory treatment of palm oil. The Bill was proposed based on WENGOs’...
Palm Oil: How Greenies Threaten Jobs and Food Security
The economic contribution of palm oil and other plantation commodities provided the assurance of a remunerative source of income and unlimited employment opportunities throughout the year for the people...
Critical Role of Palm Oil in Enhancing Food Security
What is food security? According to FAO, food security exists when all people, at all times, have physical and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food to meet...
How Sustainable Production of Palm Oil Contibutes to Reduced Global Warming
At a recent forum organized by the Palm Oil Refiners Association of Malaysia (PORAM), it was revealed that there was no moral case for Western Environmental NGOs (WENGOs) campaigns...
Zoos Victoria Creating Agricultural Trade War Amongst Friendly Nations
Zoos in various states in Australia recently issued defiant statements defending their position to continue to allow NGOs to use their premises as campaign grounds to link the oil...
Biased Studies on Deforestation and Indirect Land Use Effect of Oil Palm
There have been many attempts by the Western Environmental NGO (WENGOs) to undertake studies to demonstrate the impact of deforestation on climate change or biodiversity losses. Often universities are...