Palm oil giant defends its deforestation in Gabon, points to country’s ‘right to develop’

Mongabay
Dec 19, 2016, 7:40 am225 pts
Agribusiness giant Olam International has for the first time published a list of the firms it buys palm oil from, part of the company’s response to allegations that it is driving forest destruction in Southeast Asia and, more dangerously, perhaps, in West Africa. NGOs had assailed Olam for failing to disclose…

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