The Malaysian Palm Oil Council to continue engaging with EU in demanding changes to its deforestation regulation

KUALA LUMPUR (March 22): The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) will continue to engage with the European Union (EU) to demand changes to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR). MPOC chief executive officer Belvinder Kaur Sron said the MPOC fully supports the efforts of Malaysia’s smallholders to defend their families and their communities. “Malaysian palm oil is sustainable, and should never be considered high-risk. “The EU must provide an exemption for smallholders under the EUDR, and offer a guarantee that Malaysia will not be designated as a high-risk jurisdiction for deforestation,” she said in a statement on Wednesday (March 22). On Tuesday, a delegation of leaders of Malaysia’s major smallholders organisations presented a petition on the EUDR to the EU Commission's headquarters in Brussels. The move followed a protest held on March 15 by several hundred oil palm and rubber small farmers from the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda), the National Association of ...