Mkini submits list of oil palm projects breaching MSPO rules to minister

Malaysiakini has furnished Plantation and Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani’s office with a list of new oil palm plantation projects approved by the Department of Environment (DOE) which involve deforestation after 2020.

The minister had requested the information during a press conference where he stated that after 2020, oil palm plantations have been disallowed in forested areas.