Groups debunk environmental charges against coconut farming

Philippine coconut industry stakeholders, advocacy groups, and academicians debunked recent international articles singling out coconut oil production as both environmental and biodiversity threats.

Philippine coconut industry stakeholders, advocacy groups, and academicians debunked recent international articles singling out coconut oil production as both environmental and biodiversity threats.

Dr. Victoria Espaldon, former Dean of University of the Philippines-Los Banos School of Environment Science and Management (UPLB-SESAM), finds the online post “generally a half hazard work.”

She noted that, “the article is vague on whether it is the coconut oil production itself or that landscapes are transformed to coconuts as environmental issues.”

 

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