MPOC urges local palm oil industry to tap tech to save forests | Malay Mail

A general view of a palm oil plantation in Kuala Selangor January 2, 2020. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

Given the restrictions on expanding into new land, Lee Yeow Chor, chairman of state agency and industry body the Malaysian Palm Oil Council , said companies should look at other options to increase output. Apart from the land issue, frequent droughts and replanting in Sabah, the biggest Malaysian state producing palm oil, will hit output, he said. It takes between three and four years for a plant to produce fruit.

The European Union last year legislated to phase out palm oil in renewable fuel by 2030 because of concerns about deforestation.

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