Greenpeace claims Malaysia’s Genting among palm oil groups with most burnt land in Indonesia but firm disputes findings
Malaysian conglomerate Genting Group is among the top 10 groups listed as having the largest areas of burnt land in Indonesia between 2015 and 2018, the republic’s chapter of environmental group Greenpeace has claimed.Yahoo News , 25 September 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire Malaysian minister Yeo Bee Yin ignores calls to resign for conflict of interest over haze
Ms Yeo Bee Yin has brushed aside calls for her resignation over a supposed conflict of interest in handling the transboundary haze issue. Responding to media questions about an oil palm plantation in Indonesia linked to her husband's company, IOI Corporation, which is said to be among companies causing the regional haze, the Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change Minister said the matter should be handled by the Indonesian government.Straits Times, 25 September 2019
Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire RSPO investigating Genting subsidiary over plantation hotspots
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is probing a Genting subsidiary over hotspots at its oil palm plantation in Central Kalimantan.Malaysia Kini, 25 September 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire Malaysia-Indonesia officials to meet over oil palm, forest fire
Malaysia-Indonesia officials to meet over oil palm, forest fireThe Malaysian Reserve, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire Malaysia-Indonesia officials to meet over oil palm, forest fire
Local palm oil companies with operations in Indonesia have been accused of contributing to the haze problem by allowing open burning on their landThe Malaysian Reserve, 24 September 2019
Indonesia, Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire Palm oil body investigating fires on Malaysian-owned estates, says report
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is investigating some of the fires that started on plantation lands in Indonesia of companies that have been certified by the body, Malaysiakini reports.The Malaysian Insight , 19 September 2019
Malaysia, Palm Oil, forest fire