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A company backed by US investors sold "deforestation-free" palm oil to the makers of Cheetos, Colgate and Pepsi. ... plantations came at a steep price. To make way for those industrial fields of ...
The president also imposed a moratorium on permits for new palm oil plantations in 2018, intended to stop deforestation amid backlash from consumers worried about the environmental impact of palm ...
In 2018 the biggest palm oil trader, Wilmar, decided to control its suppliers to avoid deforestation [280] [additional citation(s) needed] In 2021, over 100 world leaders, representing countries containing more than 85% of the world's forests, committed to halt and reverse deforestation and land degradation by 2030.
The loans to its palm oil subsidiaries Asian Agri and Apical were linked to commitments to “no deforestation,” backed by full supply-chain traceability, by the end of 2025.
The research also found that oil palm would cause the least land-use changes and associated carbon debt. The analysis also modeled livestock density increases and found that "a higher increase of 0.13 head per hectare in the average livestock density throughout the country could avoid the indirect land-use changes caused by biofuels (even with ...
The production of palm oil requires intensive deforestation and this has led to a gradual loss of flora and fauna in the areas where land is cleared for the cultivation of palm oil. [18] Tropical rainforests in countries including Malaysia and Indonesia have been the most ideal countries to have large palm oil plantations as they provide the ...
It is an important fact that 90% of the palm oil produced in Malaysia is used by the food industry; [67] therefore biofuels cannot be held solely responsible for this deforestation. There is a pressing need for sustainable palm oil production for the food and fuel industries; palm oil is used in a wide variety of food products.
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