‘Oil palms have leaves’: Indonesian president says palm oil expansion not deforestation

Published on January 6, 2025

Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto has called for the expansion of oil palm plantations, saying any criticism that this will cause deforestation is nonsense because oil palms are trees too.

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