Netherlands to help promote Indonesia's CPO exports

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Publication Date: 
March 5, 2010
News Source: 
The Jakarta Post

The Netherlands has agreed to provide Indonesia with capacity building programs to help deal with a new European Union directive on imports of crude palm oil (CPO).

The policy, believed not to lead to massive forest conversion, was part of Indonesia's attempt to comply with international standards in mitigating climate change and to "anticipate" the implementation of the scheme to reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation (REDD).

 

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