Palm Oil

Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa. The use of palm oil in food and beauty products has attracted the concern of environmental groups; the high oil yield of the trees has encouraged wider cultivation, leading to the clearing of forests in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia to make space for oil-palm monoculture. This has resulted in significant acreage losses of the …

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CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 8 March 2024

The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …

deforestation particularly by planting crops such as for palm oil, which coincidentally are not only ecologically trend. 42 https://chinadialogue.net/en/food/11627-palm-oil-the-pros-and-cons-of-a-controversial-commodity/


CDA: Conference of Defence Associations Institute · 7 March 2024 English

The Second World War gave birth to the Atlantic Charter, the UN Charter, the Paris Peace Treaties, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the Fourth Geneva Convention, and the Genocide …

deforestation particularly by planting crops such as for palm oil, which coincidentally are not only ecologically trend. 42 https://chinadialogue.net/en/food/11627-palm-oil-the-pros-and-cons-of-a-controversial-commodity/


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 22 February 2024 English

This report outlines and compares various policy measures that Costa Rica, Gabon, Indonesia, Peru, and Rwanda have put in place to address deforestation.

Conservation Value ISPO Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil IUCN International Union for Conservation of ecosystem services RSPO Roundtable for Responsible Palm Oil SIMOCUTE Sistema Nacional de Monitoreo de la commodities [associated with deforestation] (such as palm oil, soya, cocoa, beef, and timber) to protect forests Mandatory national public certification for growing palm oil Public Enabling/incentive Gabon Mandatory compliance used for different economic activities (e.g., palm oil plantations or agricultural expansions). Information


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 29 January 2024 English

These two reports unpack the complex landscape of voluntary standards and initiatives for carbon management to help private sector actors reach net-zero emissions.

and production of relevant commodities (such as palm oil, coffee, and soy). This could impact whole supply


Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · 22 January 2024 English

2024-25 is forecast to decline to $400/tonne, but Trade is forecast to expand by only 1% to 9.12 Mt with upward pressure in the event of any major and total …

large world Flaxseed supplies of soybeans and palm oil. Exports are For 2023-24, production is estimated


Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada · 8 January 2024 English

During the same period of September to October, The Lethbridge barley price weakened throughout Canada exported 85 Kt of corn, almost all to the US, November and settled below $330/tonne …

satellite imaging technology supplies of soybeans and palm oil. Exports are and is slightly below the 18.7 Mt


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 30 November 2023 English

This report analyzes the extent to which producers are included in the governance of agricultural standards and recommends ways for standard-setting organizations to give producers opportunities to help steer their …

beverages, fruits, honey, nuts, other products, palm oil, plants, rice, rubber, soy, spices, sugar, tea coconut (fresh), coffee, flowers, fruits, nuts, palm oil, plants, spices, tea, vegetables 1 National Fairtrade


Agricultural Policy Research Networks · 5 November 2023 English

Notwithstanding the enviable position of the oil sector in the Nigerian economy over the past three decades, the agricultural sector is arguably the most important sector of the economy. [...] …

are cocoa, citrus, cotton, groundnuts (peanut), palm oil, palm kernel, benniseed, rubber and ginger. They produced in the country include cocoa, cotton, palm-oil, maize, rice, sorghum, millet, groundnut, cassava


PICES: North Pacific Marine Science Organization · 18 September 2023 English

http://www.pices.int/PICES-2023

Approved four substances are natural clays mixed with palm oil, oyster shells, natural microorganisms, or sophorolipid


IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 13 September 2023 English

This report explores how voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) are being used in trade policy to increase the trade of more sustainable products between developing countries. This can lead to improved …

(UNESCAP, 2017). To illustrate, soybeans and palm oil—considered among the most environmentally problematic countries, most of them in Asia. Growing demand for palm oil has fuelled deforestation and biodiversity loss which together produce about 40% of global crude palm oil (Schleifer, 2014). Moreover, growing global demand are traded between southern countries, such as palm oil and soybeans (Voora, Elder et al., 2020, Voora maize, rice, and wheat), oilseeds (i.e., soybeans, palm oil), and fruits and vegetables (Marx & Fernández


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