(EnergyAsia, March 11, Wednesday) — Environmental organisations have criticised the Indonesian government’s plan to create more palm oil plantations out of natural peatlands. The groups, including Greenpeace Southeast Asia, charge that the plan runs counter to earlier pledges by Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to cut emissions from the forestry sector in half by 2009….
INDONESIA: Environmentalists attack government’s palm oil plan
Posted on March 10, 2009 by EnergyAsia