Mongabay: Herakles Farm, a U.S.-based agricultural developer, will no longer seek eco-certification of its 70,000-hectare oil palm plantation in Cameroon, reports the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). The move comes amid criticism from environmental groups that Herakles is converting high conservation value rainforest for the plantation. Herakles announced the decision in a letter to the RSPO, following complaints filed by a range of NGOs against the palm oil developer's planned project. Had Herakles...
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