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EU calling calling oil plantations forests to deflect opposition

category international | environment | news report author Friday February 19, 2010 22:06author by Klaus Schenck - Rettet den Regenwald

Incredibly, the European Commission intends to declare oil palm plantations as forests. The obvious trick aims at wiping aside the worldwide opposition to the destruction of rain forests to use the land for oil plantations – according to the motto: no forest is being lost.


Please add your signature to a protest against the attempted brainwashing of the public by the EU Commissioners.

Go to http://www.regenwald.org. Go to the headline “Nachhilfe für die EU: Ölpalmplantagen sind kein Wald!“ Click “Protestaktion”. When it opens up, scroll down to the white window. Then follow these instructions:
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