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At stake in three cases being decided by the court is the fate of nearly 115,000 hectares of forest, part of the single largest, collective palm oil bloc in the world's largest palm oil exporter ...
The first oil palm project, spearheaded by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime in 1991, helped 270 families in Ucayali — largely refugees fleeing Shining Path guerillas — to establish ...
In March 2010, Nestlé faced a public reputation crisis over its procurement of palm oil from Sinar Mas whose plantations are reported to be the cause of widespread rainforest and orangutan habitat destruction. [18] To avert the public reputation disaster, Nestlé quickly moved to stop its palm oil procurement from Sinar Mas.
Oil palms (Elaeis guineensis) Oil palm fruit is one of the most widely produced primary crops in the world.. An estimated 1.5 million small farmers grow the crop in Indonesia, along with about 500,000 people directly employed in the sector in Malaysia, plus those connected with related industries.
Equatorial Palm Oil plc was founded in 2005. [2] Effective 20 December 2013, KL-Kepong International Ltd, a wholly owned unit of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad acquired 63.181% interest in Equatorial Palm Oil PLC. [ 3 ]
Astra Agro Lestari Tbk. (AAL) is the second biggest palm oil company in Indonesia.It is a subsidiary of PT Astra International Tbk. At least in 2004, it controlled extensive land banks. [2]
(Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump on Saturday ordered 25% tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports and 10% on goods from China starting on Tuesday to address a national emergency over fentanyl ...
The ISPO (Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil) was launched in March 2011, with audits beginning in May 2012 and all palm oil producers expected to be in compliance by the end of 2014. The MSPO (Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil) was launched in November 2013, and came into full effect on 1 January 2015, although it was not mandatory for all oil ...