Government should collect data on damaged forest areas

Director of the Institute for Development of Economics and Finance Enny Sri Hartati suggested the government collect data on damaged forest areas to prove that palm oil plantations do not cause damage to the environment.

“Indonesia should show data on damaged forest areas to prove that oil palm and rubber plantations do not degrade forest in Indonesia,” Enny said in an interview to Antara here on Wednesday.

Enny made the suggestion in connection with the refusal of several major industrialized economies to include Indonesian crude palm oil and rubber commodities on the list of 54 eco-friendly goods.

Products which are included on the list will get import tariff reduction by 5 percent.

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