Indonesia to stop approvals for oil palm investments

摘要

Business-Asia Pulse carried a report from Jakarta dated August 1 that said the Indonesian Agriculture Ministry was planning to stop the issuance of approvals temporarily for investment in oil palm p9lanting in the country.Subagyono,director general for plantation production,waas reported to have said on July 31 that "At least 69 investors have proposed to develp oil p0alm plantations and we want to curb it [investment in oil palm plantations] because we already have a lot."