CPO
For Peat's Sake?
Environmental issues continue to haunt CPO producers. Accused of destroying the forest, a manufacturer was forbidden from leaving the country. A way to oust business competition?
January 5, 2010
TWO men sporting orangutan costumes strutted back and forth like models on the grounds of the Department of Forestry on December 11. Together with dozens of men in red T-shirts, the two "hairy creatures" unfolded a banner with a message for Mr Minister: "Pak Zulkifli Hasan, stop forest criminals". The Greenpeace activists were demonstrating against the destruction of Indonesian forests caused by the expansion of oil palm plantations.
After the demo, t
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