Terengganu can do better than chop forests for oil palm


Oil palms grown on chopped down forests have pushed the EU (European Union) to propose boycotting tropical palm oil. These farmers from Felda Tenang near Besut, Terengganu are protesting that EU action. - Bernama

WWF-Malaysia strongly opposes the conversion of forest reserve land to oil palm plantations.

Earlier this month, it was announced that TDM Berhad had accepted 4,515 hectares of land offered by the Terengganu State Government for its domestic oil palm plantation expansion plan.

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