PRIMARY Industries Minister Teresa Kok today criticised a student performance linking palm oil with deforestation at an international school in Kuala Lumpur.
She said she received a video clip that had been shared on social media showing a play that said deforestation to make way for oil palm plantations had threatened wildlife habitats.
“I urge the headmaster and teachers involved to come forward, come to our ministry and to the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) to understand the industry’s improvements and preservation efforts, and not to instil hate and anti-palm oil thoughts among Malaysian students,” Kok told reporters outside the Dewan Rakyat chamber today.
She said Malaysia has been protesting against the European Union’s palm oil ban.
She said she never thought “such things” would be done by international schools in Malaysia.
“They should understand what we are doing rather than to criticise us and should stop using schools as a medium to spread information that are untrue to the children.”
While often described and reported as a “ban”, the EU’s move is actually not a ban but stricter regulations for biofuel sources.
Under the EU’s amended Renewable Energy Directive II (EU RED II) which comes into force in 2021, imported biofuel crops can only qualify for financial incentives if they do not release more carbon emissions through land clearing for planting.
Palm oil is considered as having a high level of indirect land usage change and thus will not qualify for financial incentives. It does not mean EU companies must stop imports, but they won’t receive financial incentives. – July 2, 2019.
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