| inbluevt | Date: Tuesday, 2013/08/13, 1:18 AM | Message # 1 | DMCA |
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OLKATA, India, Aug 11 2013 (IPS) - When there is feasting in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, there could just be a connection between the celebrations and the fires on Indonesia’s Sumatra Island that trigger frequent transboundary smog.
And when China’s population of more than a billion consumes yet more noodles, Malaysia should perhaps brace for greater air pollution.
Though not as simplistic and direct, there is nevertheless a tangible link among all these happenings and countries. It’s called palm oil, Asia’s new “liquid gold”.
Southeast Asia – read Indonesia and Malaysia – are the biggest producers of the oil obtained from the fruit of the oil palm tree, accounting for nearly 85 percent of global output.
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A woman in Riau in Sumatra wears a mask for protection from the pollution caused by forest fires. Credit: Ulet Ifansasti/Greenpeace.
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