Azië: Indonesia and Malaysia launch joint crude palm oil campaign in EU

Indonesia and Malaysia reached an agreement to cooperate in the development of oil palm as a renewable source of energy. The agreement was disclosed by the Malaysian Plantation and Commodity Industries Tan Sri Bernard Dompok and the Indonesian Deputy Agricultural Minister DR Bayu Krisnamurthi after a meeting with the European Commission in Brussels on 14 December 2010.

DR Bayu Krisnamurthi said that the issues during the discussions included the directive decision of 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of renewable energy sources, and sustainable palm oil production. In addition, the problem of indirect land use change, biofuel certification, revision of renewable energy, and high biodiversity grassland.