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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]
Before setting up the tropical peat research institute, the Sarawak government was concerned with international non-governmental organisations (NGO) lobbying in Europe that calls for an import ban of palm oil coming from tropical peatlands because of the claims that cultivation of oil palms on peatland contributes to global greenhouse gases emissions. [9]
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]
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Recently, palm oil has been criticized by environmental activists because of the impact palm oil cultivation has on the environment. Still the crop remains important in top producing nations because it provides jobs, improves food security and raises the standard of living. [2] [3
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 ...
The social and environmental impact of oil palm cultivation is a highly controversial topic. [61] [62] Oil palm is a valuable economic crop and provides a major source of employment. It allows many small landholders to participate in the cash economy and often results in the upgrade of the infrastructure (schools, roads, telecommunications ...
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.