Thursday, December 07, 2006
Malaysian government launches palm oil wildlife conservation fund
This week the Malaysian Government have launched a "RM20mil Palm Oil Wildlife Conservation Fund to promote ideas and proposals to enhance biodiversity linked to palm oil production worldwide". The article is here in the Malaysia Star: http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/6/nation/16232359&sec=nation
Ostensibly this seems to be a good thing. Campaigning for sustainability, they are also promoting the RSPO. However the focus of the message is also on the economic importance of palm oil to Malaysia. Encouraging more production, whether sustainable or not, introduces more deforestation, more habitat loss and more of the familiar problems. Let's see more about what the fund will be used for ...
Ostensibly this seems to be a good thing. Campaigning for sustainability, they are also promoting the RSPO. However the focus of the message is also on the economic importance of palm oil to Malaysia. Encouraging more production, whether sustainable or not, introduces more deforestation, more habitat loss and more of the familiar problems. Let's see more about what the fund will be used for ...
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So far not much news has been spread but I heard one of the things they are arranging is for orang utans to be reformed, ie bought back from zoos in the western world and returned to their natural habitat. I read that article on www.palmoiltruthfoundation.com.
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