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(IUCN, 2021). Aside from the main producing countries of Indonesia and Malaysia, Latin American countries are beginning to play a larger role in the global palm oil industry. SPOTT is a free, online platform that evaluates commodity producers, processors, and traders on their public disclosure on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues.
Take a peek at your shampoo bottle, go-to toothpaste or favorite jar of peanut butter, and you’re likely to be faced with palm oil (though it sometimes goes by other names—more on that below ...
Species endangered by oil palm plantations. Pages in category "Species that are or were threatened by oil palm plantations" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Deforestation in Borneo was historically low due to infertile soils, unfavourable climate, and the presence of disease. Deforestation only began in earnest during the mid-twentieth century. Industrial logging rose in the 1970s as Malaysia depleted its peninsular forests, and former Indonesian strongman President Suharto distributed large tracts ...
But oil palm plantations are the opposite. Studies have shown that oil palm plantations have less than 1% of the plant diversity seen in natural forests, and 47–90% less mammal diversity. [109] This is not because of the oil palm itself, but rather because the oil palm is the only habitat provided in the plantations.
Oil and gas producers must confront a “pivotal” choice: continue to accelerate the climate crisis or become part of the solution, the International Energy Agency said in a report Thursday.
The effect of global climate change on yields of different crops from climate trends ranged from −13.4% (oil palm) to 3.5% (soybean). The study also showed that effects are generally positive in Latin America. Effects in Asia and Northern and Central America are mixed. [128]
The state is working to estimate the cost of climate change dating back to Jan. 1, 1995. The lawsuit argues the U.S. Constitution precludes the act and that the state law is preempted by the ...