Let's get formal commitment from the Malaysian government that this project is canceled, and to stop all Malaysian government and private industry funding
of oil palm expansion overseas.
Despite reports about the devastating impacts
of oil palm expansion on forests and indigenous peoples, the Peruvian government continues to promote oil palm development, supposedly as a viable economic alternative...
The first large - scale assessment
of oil palm expansion in Latin America and the Caribbean offers valuable insights on the key drivers
of oil palm expansion at a fairly early stage, according to Navin Ramankutty and Jordan Graesser
Despite reports about the devastating impacts
of oil palm expansion on forests and indigenous peoples, the Peruvian government continues to promote oil palm development, supposedly as a viable economic alternative in the fight against drug trafficking, migratory agriculture, and poverty.
«Additional analysis is required to look beyond industrial oil palm plantations and capture the dynamics
of oil palm expansion in smallholder lands, and how other actors, including local investors, are shaping land use dynamics linked to oil palm expansion».
Not exact matches
Over the past few days, Feronia Inc., a Canadian - based company majority - owned by European and US development banks, has been pressuring local communities to sign a memorandum
of understanding (MOU) that would endorse the company's continued operation and
expansion of oil palm plantations within their territories.
The establishment
of the Roundtable on Sustainable
Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2004 set up voluntary guidelines for «greener» palm oil production and has tried to encourage palm oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local peo
Palm Oil (RSPO) in 2004 set up voluntary guidelines for «greener» palm oil production and has tried to encourage palm oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local peop
Oil (RSPO) in 2004 set up voluntary guidelines for «greener»
palm oil production and has tried to encourage palm oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local peo
palm oil production and has tried to encourage palm oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local peop
oil production and has tried to encourage
palm oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local peo
palm oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local peop
oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights
of local people.
In addition, fuel from the world's limited supply
of coconuts could drive up the price
of the cooking
oil as well as lead to further clearing
of endangered rainforests in Southeast Asia for
palm plantation
expansion.
The second was a scenario modeled for a future
of increased
expansion of industrial farms growing crops like
oil palm, a product that is blamed for significant forest losses in other nations like Indonesia.
«The overwhelming cause
of this biodiversity loss is land - use change, driven by the
expansion of agriculture and plantations for crops such as
oil palm.
The
expansion of international trading practices throughout the 16th century allowed the once geographically isolated
palm oil to be introduced to new parts
of the world, including South America and Southeast Asia.
see:
Expansion of Industrial Logging in Central Africa Science 8 June 2007: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/316/5830/1451?etoc — After the rainforests are gone in Africa, S.A. and Indonesia they'll replant it in African
oil palms and sugarcane for even more fuel to add to atmospheric load
of greenhouse gas.
The
expansion of the pellets - to - carbon - credit scheme has the feel
of an energy rush akin to what happened in Pennsylvania in the early days
of the hydraulic fracturing boom and the destructive
palm oil push that affected food prices.
Forest Heroes created the slogan «She's not a fan,» with images
of endangered Sumatran elephants, one
of the animals threatened by the loss
of habitat associated with the
expansion of palm oil plantations.
To be fair, the paper acknowledges that «[o] ur analysis ignores a critical driver
of forest cover change in Southeast Asia: the
expansion of oil palm plantations.»
However, given the potential future
expansion of oil palm plantations and other land developments onto selectively logged lands, the fate
of much
of Southeast Asia's biodiversity may ultimately hinge on whether the conservation community can overcome the opportunity cost
of oil palm or can encourage the implementation
of large - scale landscape planning in order to reliably protect areas critical for biodiversity.
«Our study suggests... [the] initiative will not significantly reduce deforestation in northern Sumatra and will have little impact on orangutan conservation,» David Gaveau
of the University
of Kent, UK, and the Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program told environmentalresearchweb, «because firstly a large amount
of forest inside the proposed REDD project area is protected de facto by being inaccessible; and secondly much
of northern Sumatra's lowland forests will remain outside
of REDD and will be exposed to the combined
expansion of high - revenue
oil palm plantations and road networks.»
In Malaysia,
palm oil producers are targeting the island province
of Sarawak for major
expansion.
The report, «Failing governance — Avoiding responsibilities», claims that European biofuel policies have driven reckless
oil palm expansion in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan, resulting in illegal issuance
of development permits and land conflicts, thereby undermining governance structures.
In a December 2013 warning to potential investors in a US$ 90 million initial public offering for PT SSS, EIA revealed an independent evaluation
of the firm's prospectus showed illegal clearance
of forest areas and direct threats to orangutan habitat posed by planned
expansion of the firm's
oil palm plantations.
Track the
expansion of largescale agricultural commodity development that threatens forest governance and preservation in emerging frontier areas, particularly
oil palm plantations
The EU consumes 40 % more
palm oil (for food, fuel and cosmetics) today compared to 6 years ago, despite continual warnings about the unsustainability
of palm oil expansion.
This study confirms these diverse land use dynamics linked to
oil palm expansion,» said Pablo Pacheco, principal scientist at CIFOR and co-author
of the study.
Environmental groups within RSPO tried to mandate that future
oil palm expansion can only occur on land with net carbon storage lower than
oil palm (less than 40 tons
of carbon per hectare averaged over the 25 - 30 year lifespan
of an plantation).
William F. Laurance, a senior scientist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama City, Panama, and Rhett A. Butler, founder
of environmental science web site Mongabay.com, warn that
oil palm expansion in the Brazilian Amazon is likely to occur at the expense
of natural forest as a result
of a proposed revision to the forest code which requires land owners to retain 80 percent forest on lands in the Amazon.
Such a stipulation would preclude conversion
of forests and peatlands to
oil palm plantations, potentially greatly limiting
expansion.
Oil palm plantation
expansion at the expense
of natural forest in the Malaysian state
of Johor.
But the good news for tropical forests was tempered by developments including Indonesia announcing its intentions to open up more than 2 million hectares
of carbon - dense peatlands to old
palm development; the collapse in law enforcement in Madagascar, contributing to an explosion
of commercial timber (and lemur) harvesting in that country's spectacular rainforest parks; a breakdown at the RSPO meeting over efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from
palm oil production; violent conflict in Peru between government security forces and indigenous groups over land rights and resource extraction; massive foreign land acquisitions in the Congo Basin; dodgy REDD dealings in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea; and large - scale
expansion of oil palm agriculture in the Amazon.
But environmental groups said the assumptions underlying the EPA's conclusion were too conservative, noting that the agency expects only nine percent
of palm oil expansion in Malaysia and 13 percent in Indonesia to occur on peatlands.
Responsible
palm oil is
palm oil that is produced without contributing to deforestation,
expansion on carbon - rich peatlands, and / or the violation
of human and labor rights.
Last week we explored some
of the initial impacts
of palm oil plantation
expansion on tropical rainforests and the people and wildlife who depend on them.
No civil society or indigenous groups have been invited to participate in the commission, essentially excluding the voice
of the people most affected by
oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon.
Palm oil has been produced in the region since 1911, and plantation
expansion boomed in the 1970s with growth rates
of more than 20 % per year.
The research, conducted by an international team
of scientists from a range
of institutions, is presented in a series
of seven academic papers that estimate change in land use and greenhouse gas emissions from
oil palm expansion in the three countries, review the social and environmental impacts
of palm oil production, forecast potential growth in the sector across the region, and detail methods for measuring emissions and carbon stocks
of plantations establishing on peatlands.
We've written about the connections between deforestation, the possible extinction
of the orangutan, and the
expansion of plantation - based
palm oil production a number
of times.
The biggest driver behind these «land use changes,» as the climate change folks call them, is the
expansion of pasture for cattle, feed crops for livestock, and
oil palm for processed foods and biofuels.
The
expansion of sustainable
palm oil plantations in Brazil will also incentivize farmers to recover lost forest.
«The government has assured us that the
expansion of oil palm estates will continue within reasonable limits,» Bangun was quoted as saying.
Expansion of oil palm, which is largely planted on lands that have been logged or burned, threatens the remaining forests.
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