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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 assessment on downstream industries such as bio-diesel, [103] was also conducted.
The RSPO was established following concerns raised by non-governmental organizations about environmental impacts resulting from palm oil production. [123] 51,999,404 metric tonnes of palm oil produced in 2016 was RSPO certified. [124] Products containing Certified Sustainable Palm Oil (CSPO) can carry the RSPO trademark. [125]
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]
British colonial deforestation efforts began in 1880 and were rapidly driven by commercial rubber and palm oil cultivation. Between 1990 and 2010, Malaysia lost an estimated 8.6% of its forest cover, or around 1,920,000 hectares (4,700,000 acres). [1] Logging and land clearing has particularly been driven by the palm oil sector. World Bank ...
Six years later, as a member of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, they sold that operation to Felda Global Ventures, the third-largest palm oil company in the world, for almost $200 million.
The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) is an intergovernmental organization founded by Indonesia and Malaysia to collectively promote the global use of palm oil. Together, the two countries produce the majority of the world's palm oil, a product that has come under pressure due to environmental concerns.
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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.