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- ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 77
- ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 121
- ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 121
- ↑ Reuters Editorial. "Unilever stops buying palm oil from Indonesian planter | Reuters". reuters.com. Retrieved 2016-05-30.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
- ↑ Helena Varkkey, The Haze Problem in Southeast Asia (Abingdon: Routledge, 2015), p. 141
- ↑ "Duta Palma Nusantara | Case Tracker | RSPO - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil". rspo.org. Retrieved 2016-05-30.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
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