Palm Oil Flashcards
Food containing PO
Cadbury
How much do uk consume
320,000 tonnes of palm oil every year
Candles to food
Where to grow palm oil
High humidity
Lots of land
High temp
Equatorial/ tropical rain forest
90% from mayalsia / Indonesia’s
Cleared forests
To allow plantations
13 million ha of rainforest transferor into palm oil plantation
Negative social
Forced locals off land
Violent
Chemicals used in palm oil Production pollute Easter and soils
Locals work for low wages
Sustainable palm oil
The round table on sustainable palm oil which represents 2000 members from over 75 different counties
Raise awareness of production and use more sustainable methods
Minimise negative impacts on palm oil cultivation
RSPO certified Palm oil must be produced where there is what ?
Natural resource and biodiversity responsibilities/ conversation
Consider employers and individuals
Responsive for development of new plantings
Criticism
RSPO members can still cleanse pristine rainforests calls into question how sustainable they are
Organatan populations remain under threat from large scale producers
AGUMIL
Is taking over indigenous peoples land through forced land sales
Against national laws
Losing land and livelihoods
How much palm oil is certified as green palm oil by RSPO
20%
The rest is businesses as usual
The Interlaken group
Make up of TNCs like nestle
Help companies do their part to respect local land
- support small holders
- no harm
- respect for legitimate owner
Impacts on locals
No longer plants to cure them
Walking longer to get food water materials to
How many members does RSPO
1700 members
Kraft food
Food tnc
Use palm oil from RSPO
Invisible Palm oil
Vegetable oil
Not labelled
