Palm Oil
Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp (reddish pulp) of the fruit of the oil palms, primarily the African oil palm Elaeis guineensis, and to a lesser extent from the American oil palm Elaeis oleifera and the maripa palm Attalea maripa. The use of palm oil in food and beauty products has attracted the concern of environmental groups; the high oil yield of the trees has encouraged wider cultivation, leading to the clearing of forests in parts of Indonesia and Malaysia to make space for oil-palm monoculture. This has resulted in significant acreage losses of the …
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IFRI: Institut Français des Relations Internationales · 2 May 2024 English
Indonesia is a country that is booming economically and demographically. This not only matters for regional political and energy security, but also increasingly, for the world’s energy transitions, due to …
The share of agricultural products – led by palm oil – in Indonesia’s exports remains important, at … are among Indonesia’s usual export products (palm oil, coffee, cacao, wood and caoutchouc). Indonesia’s …
RIS: Research and Information System for Developing Countries · 25 April 2024 English
Emerging Scenario and the Need for Renewed Attention to the Agriculture Sector in the BIMSTEC Region In spite of its declining share in the GDP, agriculture continues to remain a …
oil for cooking purposes. Several large- scale palm oil processing firms are situated in this area. Being …
World Bank Group · 25 April 2024 English
The conflict in the Middle East has been exerting upward pressures on prices of key commodities, notably oil and gold. High commodity prices, despite relatively subdued global GDP growth, suggest …
1,900 1,850 -7.6 -6.6 -2.6 -250 -295 Palm oil $/mt 1,131 1,276 886 905 825 … prices, partly offset by an 8 percent increase in palm oil prices. Downward pressures on soybean prices … increase by 5 percent, to a new record. The rise in palm oil prices reflected weakening production in Southeast … Indonesia, Malaysia, and the United States. Palm oil prices are set to rise by 2 percent in 2024, …
FOEI: Friends of the Earth International · 25 April 2024
The dynamics of false solutions 12 Characteristics of false solutions 13 False solutions reinforce the power of agribusiness 13 False solutions are used to perpetuate and disseminate false narratives 15 …
be better because of what we do. Cover picture: Palm Oil Plantation in Pontianak, Indonesia © Photograph … Sustainability and supply chain palm oil derivatives” of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), deforestation … deforestation include certified and non-certified palm oil.61 clearing for agricultural lands and grazing … deforestation practices when Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil nor the rights and well-being of Indigenous (RSPO) … lumber.64 forests before being converted into palm oil plantations between 1990 and 2000.67 There are …
World Bank Group · 25 April 2024 English
The conflict in the Middle East has been exerting upward pressures on prices of key commodities, notably oil and gold. High commodity prices, despite relatively subdued global GDP growth, suggest …
900 1,850 -7.6 -6.6 -2.6 -250 -295 Palm oil $/mt 1,131 1,276 886 905 825 …
IISD: International Institute for Sustainable Development · 23 April 2024 English
The use of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) and similar systems in free trade agreements (FTAs) is gaining traction. Will it lead to more sustainable production and consumption globally? Our experts …
lead to more sustainable trade? Indonesian palm oil and palm oil derivatives benefit from preferential tariff … the following VSSs: • Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil certification (RSPO) • International Sustainability … Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC Plus) • Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) What Issues Need To Be … are being used for the first time to qualify palm oil products that meet certain sustainability requirements … sustainability challenges in specific sectors, like cocoa, palm oil, timber, and soybeans, among others. Such dialogues …
World Bank Group · 23 April 2024
As Malaysia strives to become a high-income economy, the need for advanced and specialized skills will be crucial to maintain its economic competitiveness. Sophisticated skills, whether cognitive, technical or socio-emotional, …
production expanded. In agriculture, the expansion in palm oil production contributed to the sector’s growth …
PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 23 April 2024 English
Strategically, by sharing local currency payment technical knowhow and experience, the BRICS+10 can play an important role in promoting the dedollarization efforts undertaken by many other GS countries—and in the …
plentiful natural resources, including nickel and palm oil, and its strategic Asia-Pacific location, to attract …
World Bank Group · 23 April 2024
As Malaysia strives to become a high-income economy, the need for advanced and specialized skills will be crucial to maintain its economic competitiveness. Sophisticated skills, whether cognitive, technical or socio-emotional, …
production expanded. In agriculture, the expansion in palm oil production contributed to the sector’s growth …
EU: European Union · 19 April 2024 Italian
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