Malaysian palm oil struggles to promote 'green' image
Agence France-Presse: Malaysia is promoting its controversial palm oil industry as a model of eco-friendliness, but activists warn forests are still being destroyed to make way for vast plantations. As palm oil prices boom, Malaysia has mounted a campaign to counter allegations that the crop is responsible for habitat destruction, air pollution from slash-and-burn farming, and pushing orangutans towards extinction. It insists palm oil is only grown on legal agricultural land and that criticisms are ...
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