Honduras currently boasts 115,000 hectares of African oil palm, of which some 40% was planted in the past three years. Chizmar expects that to increase to 400,000 hectares in the short term.
Rainforest 'at risk' from oil-palm policy
Honduras has started to produce biodiesel from African oil palm, a move that could destroy pristine rainforests and uproot communities, conservationists warn.
4 June 2009 22:00 GMT
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25 November 2012 9:37 GMT
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