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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...

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.

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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 peoPalm 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 peopOil (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 peopalm 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 peopoil 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 peopalm oil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local peopoil expansion in a «sustainable» way that doesn't ruin primary rain forests or violate the land rights of local people.

These risks require additional due diligence in sourcing, education and training to ensure the palm oil in our supply chain is not associated with deforestation, child or forced labor, or plantation expansion on carbon - rich peatlands.

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.»

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.

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.

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

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.

Indonesia's parliament, however, pushed legislation, including a major palm oil bill that could become law in 2018, that threatened to undermine those goals by loosening restrictions on plantation expansion.

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.

Organisations: please, sign on an Open Letter against oil palm expansion and greenwashing.

Expansion of oil palm, which is largely planted on lands that have been logged or burned, threatens the remaining forests.

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