AMSTERDAM, Netherlands (AP): A Singapore-based company was involved in slashing and burning Indonesian forests to make way for palm oil plantations that feed the growing market for biofuels,environmental and activist groups claimed Tuesday.
The company emphatically denied the allegations.
The Dutch arm of Friends of the Earth and Indonesian rights group Lembaga Gemawan published a 100-page report they said details evidence that subsidiaries of Wilmar International Ltd. dodgedenvironmental rules to plant palm trees in West Kalimantan.
But a Wilmar spokeswoman called the accusations "erroneous, misleading and defamatory."
"As a responsible corporate citizen, the Wilmar Group is fully committed to sustainable palm oil," Carolyn Lim Wan Yu wrote in an e-mailed reaction.
Past studies by environmental groups have - without naming names - found that developers in Malaysia and Indonesia burned vast tracts of rain forest to grow palm oil. The fires unleashed millions of tons of carbon dioxide, defeating the purpose of developing palm-based biodiesel fuel as a renewable source of energy that does not contribute to greenhouse gases.(***)thejakartapost.com
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