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Links between conservation bodies and oil companies were condemned by the Oilwatch South East Asia Network as the two met in Kuala Lumpur on 8 and 9 March. Oilwatch protested that oil companies have never respected the environment and that oil-related activity has a highly destructive impact on biodiversity.
Oilwatch said there were grave concerns about the environmental and human rights record of Petronas, the oil and gas multinational sponsoring the Malaysian Oil and Gas Biodiversity Stakeholders Dialogue, and accused oil companies of using public relations campaigns to improve their image and silence objections. Petronas, in particular, it said, had promoted the conference to enhance its reputation instead of tackling the environmental problems caused by the oil industry.
Alliances between conservation groups and oil companies, said Oilwatch, undermined the efforts of organizations and communities working for the protection of their land and weakened the role of governments in saving the environment. In its protest it named the non-governmental organizations participating in the dialogue – WWF Malaysia, the Malaysian Nature Society, the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns, Wetlands International Malaysian Chapter and the environmental group Pacos, from Sabah, Borneo.
Oilwatch said there were grave concerns about the environmental and human rights record of Petronas, the oil and gas multinational sponsoring the Malaysian Oil and Gas Biodiversity Stakeholders Dialogue, and accused oil companies of using public relations campaigns to improve their image and silence objections. Petronas, in particular, it said, had promoted the conference to enhance its reputation instead of tackling the environmental problems caused by the oil industry.
Alliances between conservation groups and oil companies, said Oilwatch, undermined the efforts of organizations and communities working for the protection of their land and weakened the role of governments in saving the environment. In its protest it named the non-governmental organizations participating in the dialogue – WWF Malaysia, the Malaysian Nature Society, the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns, Wetlands International Malaysian Chapter and the environmental group Pacos, from Sabah, Borneo.
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