Article | REF: F6075 V2

Palm oil Renewed challenges of sustainability

Author: Alain RIVAL

Publication date: May 10, 2020, Review date: June 1, 2021

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4. From deforestation to sustainable development

The large-scale plantation programs currently underway in Africa (Liberia, Angola, Gabon, Cameroon) also pose a growing threat to forests . Indeed, the growing number of regulations prohibiting the conversion of natural forests, the shortage of land, the monitoring of major land acquisitions, and the hopes raised by Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation (REDD) in major producing countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia, are prompting major Asian companies to diversify their production zones and invest in Africa.

Since 2010, 27 projects for industrial oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa have failed or been abandoned....

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