More than 1,700 Malaysian smallholder farmers protest EU over palm oil stance

In Malaysia, in response to concerns that the European Union will block the use of palm oil for biodiesel by 2020, around 1,700 smallholder oil palm farmers protested the move outside the European delegation’s offices in Kuala Lumpur. The head of Felda said as many as 3.2 million smallholder farmers could be negatively impacted by such a policy. The protest included handing over more than 103,000 signatures protesting the European Parliament’s vote on the issue made last fall.