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Boycotting palm oil would increase production of other crops, such as soy, which actually require more land. Palm oil boycott could actually increase deforestation – sustainable products are the ...
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 ...
A company backed by US investors sold "deforestation-free" palm oil to the makers of Cheetos, Colgate and Pepsi. But its investors have ties to the company that cleared Amazonian rainforest for ...
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 ...
The deforestation of a peat swamp forest for palm oil production in Indonesia. Indonesia's lowland tropical forests, the richest in timber resources and biodiversity, are most at risk. By 2000 they have been almost entirely cleared in Sulawesi , and predicted to disappear within few years in Sumatra and Kalimantan.
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.
Deforestation of a peat swamp forest for palm oil production in Indonesia. A different, but related, set of environmental pressures arose in the 1970s and 1980s among the rice-growing peasants living in the plains and valleys.
The deforestation continued through the 2000s at a slower pace, alongside the expansion of palm oil plantations. Half of the annual global tropical timber procurement is from Borneo. Palm oil plantations are rapidly encroaching on the last remnants of primary rainforest. Much of the forest clearance is illegal.