As a developing country Indonesia is in dire need of a sustainable industry that is capable of creating jobs and alleviating poverty the palm oil industry can do that.

ECONOMIST: Letters

Indonesia's decision to stop clearing, which will slow the growth of its palm-oil industry, was not just for the good of the planet.

ECONOMIST: A special report on forests

It was a smallish buyer and a member of the RSPO, with a palm-oil policy in line with the industry standard.

ECONOMIST: The campaign against palm oil

It can then be turned into plantations growing palm oil, rubber and fast-growing trees for the booming pulp-and-paper industry.

ECONOMIST: When the smoke clears in Asia

In an expansionary budget containing goodies for almost every industry, the government has imposed a windfall-profits tax on producers of palm oil.

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