Sentences with phrase «palm oil development»

The goal is to provide these communities with the tools to combat deforestation from palm oil development in Liberia.

Sustainable Development Institute / SDI ($ 49,700): To combat deforestation from palm oil development in Liberia by training forest communities to track and report illegal logging using an innovative smartphone application named TIMBY (This Is My Backyard).

2006 Goldman Prize winner from Liberia, Silas Siakor, together with his team at the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI), is currently leading a public awareness campaign about the impacts of palm oil development and the explosion of corporate land grabs taking place in Africa and across the world.

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Palm oil is also an incredibly versatile food ingredient and contributes to the economic development of countries including Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand,» said Bob Norman.

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.

Provide global leadership and market development expertise on specific commodity as assigned (i.e wood, wood fiber, palm oil, rubber).

A WWF 2012 report, Palm oil investor Guidance looking at the role of investors in supporting the development of a sustainable palm oil indusPalm oil investor Guidance looking at the role of investors in supporting the development of a sustainable palm oil induspalm oil industry.

RSPO's plans for 2018 build on a milestone 2017, where the first ever RSPO Next — that is, a stricter variation of RSPO rules that prohibit deforestation and peatland development, among other things — was attained by Malaysian firm United Plantations and Colombian company Daabon; and zoos and aquariums all over the world started a movement to educate consumers on sustainable palm oil.

«These new members will continue to support the transformation of the palm oil sector by demonstrating innovation to implement RSPO existing standards as well as additional critical requirements, such as ending deforestation, the development of peatlands and gross labour and human rights violations.»

Le Moulin du Pivert's factory makes its organic cookies without palm oil and supports small local organic farmers by using fair trade ingredients from development programmes (France).

In general, the palm oil industry has been linked to deforestation, habitat degradation, climate change, animal cruelty and indigenous rights abuses as the land and forests must be cleared for development of plantations.

Sustainable palm oil is part of our Food for All Journey and clean label development.

Hear the most up to date information on the state of the European market for sustainable palm oil and how the RSPO standard supports implementation of the UN Sustainable Development Goals and the Paris Climate Change Agreement.

The component, Alternative Livelihood Project, Oil Palm Plantation, which is being funded by the Minerals Development Fund, under the Lands and Natural Resources Ministry, seeks to employ illegal miners who are affected by the...

«Replacement of traditional diets containing coconut - derived lauric acid with palm oil - derived palmitic acid or animal fat - derived stearic acid has the potential to worsen the development of both metabolic syndrome and osteoarthritis.»

She and her colleagues found Karma, a mobile piece of DNA known as a transposon, inserted in the middle of an important gene for normal oil - palm fruit development called DEFICIENS.

Most of their forest habitat has been destroyed by logging, palm oil plantations, and other development.

This study was supported by the UN Development Programme, Avatar Alliance Foundation, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, Worldwide Fund for Nature, Morgan Family Foundation, Natural Environmental Research Council, and the Rainforest Trust.

This paper presents the characterization of the oil palm genome using different gene prediction methods and comparative genomics analysis, identification of FA biosynthesis and disease resistance genes, and the development of an annotation database and bioinformatics tools.

The palm oil industry in SE Asia is linked to major issues such as deforestation, habitat degradation, climate change, animal cruelty and indigenous rights abuses in the SE Asia, as the land and forests must be cleared for the development of the oil palm plantations.

A recent paper, «Coconut oil and palm oil's role in nutrition, health and national development: A review,» was published in the September 2016 Ghana Medical Journal (GMJ).

The world's food supply is intricately tied to the use of palm oil, so we believe promoting sustainable manufacturing principles is the most responsible approach for Girl Scouts and Girl Scout Cookie development.

Instead of making money by harvesting forests for wood products and for crops like palm oil, governments and citizens in the developing world would need to accept a different model based on so - called conservation payments, which could be used for education, health care, and alternative economic development.

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.

Illegal logging, forest fires and the development of palm oil plantations are to blame.

On August 25th, Aidesep, the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon, convoked the nine indigenous federations of the Amazon, and declared a regulatory emergency on the growth of oil palm in the country.

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.

The criteria include: using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible; implementing no - burn policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and cut the risk of fires spreading into forest areas; sparing forests with high conservation value from development; taking measures to reduce air pollution; and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent — a byproduct — from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

«Oil palm's considerable profitability offers wealth and development where wealth and development are needed — but also threatens traditional livelihoods.

Track the expansion of largescale agricultural commodity development that threatens forest governance and preservation in emerging frontier areas, particularly oil palm plantations

This study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) for Friends of the Earth Europe finds that Europe's drivers are being forced to fill their tanks with increasing amounts of palm oil, with reliance on the controversial biofuel set to rise even further.

Oil palm development in Indonesia, for example, causes deforestation, soil erosion, water and air pollution, habitat and wildlife losses, and social unrest.

The initial set of RSPO criteria — which aim to improve the environmental performance of palm oil production — were approved last year after seven years in development.

These include using natural pests and composting in place of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers whenever possible, implementing no burn policies, sparing high conservation value forests from development, taking measures to reduce air pollution, and creating catchment ponds to prevent palm oil mill effluent from entering waterways where it would damage aquatic habitats.

After a long - standing campaign by environmentalists and local communities, the Indonesian government investigated an oil palm concession under development by PT Kallista Alam in Tripa peat swamp on the island of Sumatra.

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.

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.

Following these developments, Aidesep, released a Declaration of Regulatory Emergency on Oil Palm (English translation here) with the support of its nine regional federations.

«It is a disturbing development to see a politically motivated group like ALEC join forces with the shadowy palm oil lobby from Malaysia and Indonesia as well as with huge agribusiness companies Cargill and Wilmar to pressure the EPA to overturn what is supposed to be a science - based decision made in the best interests of the American people,» said Laurel Sutherlin with the Rainforest Action Network, in a statement.

In response to the Commission's creation, 29 Peruvian civil society organizations, including EIA and Aidesep (the Interethnic Association for the Development of the Peruvian Amazon), sent a letter to the government of Peru demanding that the Multisectoral Commission on Oil Palm include the participation of relevant stakeholders, including indigenous groups, NGOs, and academics — all with expertise and a stake in development of the Amazon region and forest Development of the Peruvian Amazon), sent a letter to the government of Peru demanding that the Multisectoral Commission on Oil Palm include the participation of relevant stakeholders, including indigenous groups, NGOs, and academics — all with expertise and a stake in development of the Amazon region and forest development of the Amazon region and forest protection.

Palm oil companies sell themselves on the promise of sustainable development, good jobs, improved food security and opportunities for local communities.

«As Director of Liberia's Sustainable Development Institute I have seen up - close the true impact of palm oil, and I can tell you it is more often the problem, not the solution.

The PCN and Grueso used Law 70 to successfully challenge destructive development projects including timber industry logging, African palm oil plantations, mechanized gold mining and industrial shrimping, which devastated local mangroves.

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...

Following years of complaints to international organizations — including the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), the industry's leading certification body — these communities remain on the frontlines of a development model that puts people's wellbeing in the hands of private companies and foreign investors.

However the multiple threats from conflict palm oil and poaching, as well as development activities such as mining and illegal logging, mean that its unique biodiversity is at risk.

And despite Agricultural Ministry statements to the contrary, the trees in palm oil plantations won't absorb even a fraction of the emissions the old forest did: Policy Is Short - Sighted and Factually Inaccurate Gatot Irianto, head of the research and development at the Agriculture Ministry said,

The study, based on overlaying maps of proposed oil palm development with maps showing carbon - density and wildlife distribution in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), estimates that REDD is financially competitive, and potentially able to fund forest conservation, with oil palm at carbon prices of $ 10 - $ 33 per ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e).