palm oil production rainforests in mali

                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
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  • Is palm oil destroying rainforests?
  • A worker at a Malaysian plantation displays some palm fruit—source of the world's most popular edible oil. Palm oil is destroying rainforests. But try going a day without it. After spending years reporting on the controversial ingredient, a journalist grapples with her own consumption. On a snowy December morning, I crawled from my bed in the dark.
  • How sustainable is palm oil?
  • In the 17 years since the group began, it has made little progress in converting the industry to producing sustainable palm oil. The RSPO estimates that just over 19 million tons of global supply is certified sustainable, meaning that about 81% of world production isn’t.
  • Can palm oil reduce tropical deforestation?
  • The conversion to date, and future expansion, threatens biodiversity and increases greenhouse gas emissions. Today, consumer pressure is pushing companies toward deforestation-free sources of palm oil. To guide interventions aimed at reducing tropical deforestation due to oil palm, we analysed recent expansions and modelled likely future ones.
  • Are palm oil producers committed to 'zero deforestation'?
  • Many producers and traders of palm oil have now committed to ‘zero deforestation’. A 2017 cross-commodity survey87 found that companies in the palm oil sector have the highest proportion of no-deforestation commitments across four commodity supply chains (palm oil, soy, timber and cattle) linked to global defores-tation.