2023-05-28 09:30
MALAYSIA, INDONESIA WANT EU TO RECOGNISE THEIR WORK ON ENVIRONMENT, DEFORESTATION WITH REGARD TO PALM OIL
By Nurul Hanis Izmir KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 (Bernama) – Malaysia and Indonesia want the European Union (EU) to recognise their work on the environment and deforestation with regard to palm oil production, in line with the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals, Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman Mohamad Helmy Othman Basha said. 'We have done a lot in the last 10 to 15 years in the area of environment and deforestation and we want the EU to recognise this fact. We have improved a lot but we have not seen them reciprocate,' Mohamad Helmy, who is also Sime Darby Plantation group managing director, told Bernama.

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