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View all search resultsThe problem with studies conducted by the critics is that they tend to single out the oil palm without putting things in perspective, and inform the readers that commodities such as beef, soy, maize, poultry, timber and more account for over 90 percent of the world’s deforestation today, and are still in the infancy when it comes to providing consumers with a supply chain that does not come from recently deforested land.
Indonesia is seeking to seal a deal to export more oil palm products to Japan, especially products that can be used as biomass, amid the latter’s growing appetite for renewable energy power generation.
Despite a prolonged drought caused by the El Niño weather phenomenon, production of palm oil unexpectedly only fell by 3 percent to 34.5 million tons in 2016 compared to 35.5 million tons two years ago, the Indonesian Oil Palm Producers Association (GAPKI) revealed.
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