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Indonesia takes aim at palm oil after forest fires
Published Sun, May 1, 2016 · 09:50 PM
Jakarta
INDONESIA is pushing to ban new palm oil operations after last year's haze-belching forest fires were partly blamed on the industry's expansion, but producers are warning the move could hit the economy and green groups are sceptical.
President Joko Widodo in April proposed a halt on granting new land for palm oil plantations in the world's top producer of the edible vegetable oil…
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