UK is pushing for a deal that would boost imports linked to deforestation despite EU moves to ban unsustainable palm oil,diplomatic papers reveal The UK is defying EU institutions to push for a hike in nominally “sustainable” Indonesian palm oil imports which acquire nonetheless been linked to deforestation, leaked documents show.
The European parliament is currently trying to force a ban on EU biofuels using palm oil, or which acquire driven deforestation and contributed to the loss of 150000 orangutans in Indonesia since 2002.
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Source: guardian.co.uk