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Malaysia has initiated its own environmental assessment on oil palm industry based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approaches. LCA has been applied to assess the environmental impact of production of oil palm seedlings, [100] oil palm fresh fruit bunches, [101] crude palm oil, [101] crude palm kernel oil [101] and refined palm oil. [102]
The Journal of Oil Palm Research (formerly known as Elaeis: The International Journal of Oil Palm Research and Development) is a quarterly peer-reviewed open-access scientific journal covering research on palm oil fats, oils, and oleo-chemistry.
The RSPO was established following concerns raised by non-governmental organizations about environmental impacts resulting from palm oil production. [2] 51,999,404 metric tonnes of palm oil produced in 2016 was RSPO certified. [3] Products containing Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) can carry the RSPO trademark. [4]
In 1979, with support from the Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI) and UPM, the government set up the Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia (PORIM), [22] a public-and-private-coordinated institution, meaning PORIM was run by representatives from government and industry [23] B.C. Sekhar was appointed founder and ...
This is an article of notable issues relating to the terrestrial environment of Earth in 2020.They relate to environmental events such as natural disasters, environmental sciences such as ecology and geoscience with a known relevance to contemporary influence of humanity on Earth, environmental law, conservation, environmentalism with major worldwide impact and environmental issues.
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In January 2021 scientists reported that reductions in air pollution due to worldwide COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 were larger than previously estimated. It was concluded that, because of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the climate during that year, a slight warming of Earth's climate during the year was seen instead of a slight cooling.
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