The Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono has used a regular formal address to the Diplomatic Corps in Jakarta to remind other governments how strongly the Indonesian Government supports the palm oil industry. Leading developed country donors (the US, the UK, the EC and the Netherlands) are major funders of non-governmental organisation (NGO) anti-palm oil campaigns in Southeast Asia.
In a speech to Indonesian ambassadors and diplomats, Yudhoyono urged embassies to counter the increasing pressure from environmental NGOs on nations and companies to boycott Indonesian palm oil. This was a coded message to the embassies to reduce their support to environmental NGOs in question (principally WWF, Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth and the US-based Rainforest Action Network). Read more ...
This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.
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