On the link above it was reported (in this blog) the concern at the expansion of oil palm cultivation over the preservation of native forests in the tropical world, mainly in Indonesia and Malaysia. It was shown the wide use of this vegetable oil and a list of 30 names the chemical industries label it.
The tragedy continues in Indonesia, as reported by
http://www.theecologist.org/News/news_round_up/2211702/indonesia_terror_and_eviction_for_palm_oil.html
This month in Sumatra, Indonesia, 1,500 armed men demolished four indigenous villages and displaced inhabitants who were not willing to surrender their land to a palm oil company.
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| A village destroyed for palm oil, Sumatra, Indonesia. Photo: Rainforest Rescue |
The consequences of soaring demand for palm oil for biodiesel are becoming increasingly brutal:
"On the morning of December 11, I heard men rattling my door", said Basron, a 41-year-old resident of the Pinang Tinggi settlement. He then found himself confronted by an armed troop of soldiers, police officers, staff of the PT Asiatic Persada palm oil company and hired thugs.
"These houses are all slated for eviction and demolition today", one of the men said. A little later, Basron watched as a bulldozer reduced his hut to splinters.
In Jambi Province in Sumatra, a total of 1,500 men descended on the helpless indigenous Suku Anak Dalam and evicted them from their huts. At least 296 houses in four villages were looted and demolished in early December 2013.
For almost three decades, Asiatic Persada has been persecuting the forest dwellers - in 1986, the company started to cut down their rainforest for plantations. Yet the people stood firm - until December 2013.
Vast rainforest areas are being cleared for new palm oil plantations in response to the EU's agrofuel policy. Palm oil imports from the tropics are soaring to meet growing demand for biodiesel: 2.5 million tonnes were imported in the first half of 2013 - a 63% increase over the same period the previous year.
The most important producer of palm-oil biodiesel is Neste Oil Corporation. The Finnish government maintains a 51% controlling interest in the company, which operates the world's largest biodiesel refineries in Singapore and Rotterdam, each with an annual capacity of one billion liters.
The EU must act to stop imports of palm oil and abolish the requirement to include biodiesel made from food in diesel fuel!
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