My Response to Irresponsible Allegations About Industry Practices Appeared in The STAR Newspaper
The environmental group Sahabat Alam Malaysia accused the palm oil industry of “genocide” against orang utans. Another group claimed the industry engages in indiscriminate clearing of protected land. And...
Sustainability in Aviation Fuel: Palm Oil is Part of the Solution
For many years, the aviation industry has been criticized for its high carbon GHG emission. Of the total global emissions, 56 % comes from burning of fossil fuels and...
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...
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...
Deforestation Moratorium and Future Shortages of Food Supply Will Require 10 Times More Forest Conversion
The world population of over 6 billion is increasing by 70 to 80 million people annually. Food supply needs to expand to keep up with the additional demand. Land...
Senseless and Immoral Attacks on Palm Oil by NGOs
A recent report revealed that the EU, through its environmental ministries and commissions is involved in funding up to 70% of the operating budgets of environmental NGOs. These NGOS...
Palm Oil: A Crop of Peace & Prosperity
Recently, the anti-palm oil NGOs voiced their frustration at a leaked EU document that recognizes oil palm as a forest plantation. It is highly...
Perverted Views of Anti-Developing Country(ADC) Environmentalists
Fanned by media support, the anti-developing country environmentalists seem desperate to compete for the limelight by making outrageous statements that could impart maximum damage to the image of products...