SINAR MAS : Indonesian Palm Oil Menance

March 26, 2009

8 October 2008, Papua Province, Indonesia Excavators clear Sago, the
region's food staple, to make way for palm oil plantations in Papua
Province, Indonesia's last intact forest frontier. Greenpeace is
calling for an immediate moratorium on all forest conversion in
Indonesia to help curb the country greenhouse gas emissions, safeguard
the wealth of tropical biodiversity and protect the livelihood of
forest dependent communities.

Excavators clearing sago to prepare for oil palm plantation in lereh, Jayapura, Papua Province, October 2008

One of the growing new threats to Indonesia’s forests is the ‘gold rush’ for new oil palm plantations, driven by the increasing global demand for palm oil for food, soaps, cosmetics and biofuels. Indonesia, the world’s largest palm oil producer, has the fastest deforestation rate of any major forested country.

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