TOKYO/KUALA LUMPUR – Japanese scientists are encouraging Southeast Asia’s palm oil producers to chop down trees to help save forests.
Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences and IHI Enviro Corp., a subsidiary of IHI Corp., have developed a way to process scrapped palm trees into methane gas and wood pellets to be sold as feedstock to power generators. The system intends to help palm companies earn income while waiting for new trees to mature and curb their reliance on expanding plantations to boost output.
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