000 00685cam a2200109 4500
245 _aBriefing: the campaign against palm oil :
_bthe other oil spill.
260 _c2010
520 _aPalm oil plantations are accused of devastating large areas of rain forest in southeast Asia (30,000 km sq of plantations in Indonesia alone by year 2000). Pressure groups and increasingly governments are applying pressure on commercial users of palm oil to switch to alternatives that are less environmentally damaging. This article provides an overview of the present position.
650 _aPALM OIL
_xENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
773 _aEconomist :
_g26 June 2010, pp.73-75.
945 _i33397-1001
_rY
_sY
999 _c18704
_d18704