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Written by Serene Remedios
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Wednesday, 12 May 2010 |
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Agribusiness giant Cargill [CARG.UL] on Thursday dismissed claims by a green group that the firm's estates expanded at the expense of rainforests and peatlands on Borneo island.
Cargill said it wanted to "set the record straight on the false allegations" by Rainforest Action Network (RAN), which published a report this week looking at how the U.S. firm was operating its oil palm estates on the Indonesian side of the island.
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The AEN palm oil mill was commissioned in 2007, in a 4 Hect land in Mohameddi Estate in the Kalutara District belonging to Agalawatte Plantations PLC, using Malaysian technology. Malaysia is one of the world's largest producers of palm oil.
