Re: [biofuels-biz] WWF welcomes first steps towards sustainable palm oil

2003-08-26 Thread Keith Addison
Hi Ken >Keith > >Thanks for this info. It is true that every year >there are forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan >caused by clearing for palm oil plantations. >Neighboring countries of Singapore, Malaysia, and >sometimes Thailand complain every year about air >pollution from Indonesia. The g

Re: [biofuels-biz] WWF welcomes first steps towards sustainable palm oil

2003-08-26 Thread Ken Gotberg
Keith Thanks for this info. It is true that every year there are forest fires in Sumatra and Kalimantan caused by clearing for palm oil plantations. Neighboring countries of Singapore, Malaysia, and sometimes Thailand complain every year about air pollution from Indonesia. The government seems

[biofuels-biz] WWF welcomes first steps towards sustainable palm oil

2003-08-25 Thread Keith Addison
http://panda.org/news_facts/newsroom/other_news/news.cfm?uNewsID=8444 22, Aug 2003 WWF welcomes first steps towards sustainable palm oil Oil palm is an important crop, but plantations have sometimes imposed environmental and social costs due to forest clearing, burning, and disregard for the r