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Indonesian palm oil giant cutting deforestation from supply chain
2013-05-13 03:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Indonesian palm oil giant Golden Agri-Resources (GAR) is continuing to reduce deforestation under its 2011 forest conservation policy despite ongoing forest destruction by other palm oil producers in the sector, finds a new assessment by Greenomics, an Indonesian activist group. However the report finds GAR's operations are not completely deforestation-free. Using a combination of satellite data and legal documents filed with the Ministry of Forestry, the Greenomics report [PDF] shows that GAR-owned...
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