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Analysis: French Draft Law on Biodiversity

On March 17, the French National Assembly (Lower House of Parliament) adopted a revised version of the Draft Law for the Recapture of Biodiversity, of Nature and Landscapes (Draft...

For a Better, More Responsible Certification on Palm Oil

This week in London, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is meeting for its annual conference. Malaysia is one of the world’s largest palm oil producers, and many...

A Message from Malaysia’s Small Farmers to President Obama

The National Association of Small Holders, Malaysia (NASH) – the trade association that represents the interests of the more than 300,000 small palm oil farmers in Malaysia – is out with...

Deforestation Myth Busted and Palm Oil’s Link to Deforestation Debunked

The FAO has published a landmark report entitled “Livestock’s Long Shadow”. With the report, the myth on the major cause of deforestation has been busted. According to the report,...

NGOs Got It Wrong: Oil Palm Reduces Deforestation

When the east, mid-west and southern agricultural states of the USA were cleared of their forests for European settlers to build farms, each family was given 5 acres of...

The Green in Palm

In this first instalment of a series of monthly articles, we question the rationale of double-counting green house gas emissions by the US Environmental Protection Agency. MALAYSIA made a...

Indirect Land Use Change, Green House Gas Emission and Trade Protectionism

Malaysia made a policy commitment at the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to keep a minimum of 50% of the country’s land area under permanent forest. Today, it still...

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...

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...

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...

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