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Article

3 Jul 2007

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Reuters

Palm oil firm Wilmar harming Indonesia forests-group

Palm oil producer Wilmar International has been accused by an environmental group of illegally logging Indonesian forests, setting them on fire and violating the rights of local communities in the country. Singapore-listed Wilmar, expected to be the world's largest palm biodiesel manufacturer...denied the allegations by Friends of the Earth Netherlands. Wilmar said in a statement...it strictly adhered to a "zero burning policy" and did not engage in any logging activities. "We will only develop plantations on land, which is approved by the government for the cultivation of oil palms," it said.