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  2. Explainer-Indonesia's stop-start controls on palm oil exports

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    The country is the biggest exporter of palm oil - used in everything from margarine to shampoo - accounting for about 60% of world supply. Explainer-Indonesia's stop-start controls on palm oil exports

  3. Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries - Wikipedia

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    The ISPO (Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil) was launched in March 2011, with audits beginning in May 2012 and all palm oil producers expected to be in compliance by the end of 2014. The MSPO (Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil) was launched in November 2013, and came into full effect on 1 January 2015, although it was not mandatory for all oil ...

  4. Vegetable oils as alternative energy - Wikipedia

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    African Oil Palm (Elaeis guineensis. The World production of vegetable oil seed is forecast to be 418 million tonnes in 2008/09. After pressing this will make 131 million tonnes of vegetable oil. [22] Much of this is from Oil Palm, and palm oil production is growing at 5% per year. At about 7.5 lb/USgal (900 g/L) this is about 38 billion ...

  5. Social and environmental impact of palm oil - Wikipedia

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    Oil palms (Elaeis guineensis) Oil palm fruit is one of the most widely produced primary crops in the world.. An estimated 1.5 million small farmers grow the crop in Indonesia, along with about 500,000 people directly employed in the sector in Malaysia, plus those connected with related industries.

  6. Turning Sustainably Sourced Palm Oil Into Profits - AOL

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  7. Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil - Wikipedia

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    Products containing Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) can carry the RSPO trademark. [4] Members of the RSPO include palm oil producers, environmental groups, and manufacturers who use palm oil in their products. In 2014, Indonesia accounted for 40% of global palm oil production and 44% of the total RSPO-certified areas. [5]

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  9. Palm oil - Wikipedia

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    Palm oil block showing the lighter color that results from boiling. Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of oil palms. [1] The oil is used in food manufacturing, in beauty products, and as biofuel. Palm oil accounted for about 36% of global oils produced from oil crops in 2014. [2]