Indonesia is the world’s largest exporter of palm oil and in the last two decades, vast areas of forest have been cleared to make way for plantations.
Tag: Palm Oil Plantation
Loggers still operating on PNG lease despite court ruling
Johnny Blades, RNZ Pacific Journalistjohnny.blades@rnz.co.nz Papua New Guinea’s government has been accused of allowing loggers to operate illegally without landowner approval. This comes as PNG prepares to host an APEC meeting this weekend to discuss tackling illegal logging and the trade in illegal timber. PNG’s Supreme Court ruled in August 2016 that a Special Agriculture Business…