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Palm oil Renewed challenges of sustainability

Author: Alain RIVAL

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

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9. Glossary

agroecology

Agricultural production methods that respect the environment. Agroecology reintroduces diversity into agricultural production systems and restores a diversified landscape mosaic.

agrofuel (or biofuel)

A fuel (liquid or gaseous) produced from non-fossil organic materials derived from biomass, which complements or replaces fossil fuels. Biofuels are considered a renewable energy source. Their combustion produces only CO ₂ and water vapor and little or no nitrogen and sulfur oxides (NOx, SOx).

certification

A procedure designed to have a company's compliance with specifications validated by an independent body. This conformity assessment process results in written assurance that a product, organization or person...

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Bibliography

(1) - CORLEY (R.H.V.) - How much palm oil do we need? - Environmental Science and Policy, 12, p. 134-139 (2009).
(2) - JACQUEMARD (J.C.) - Le palmier à huile. Agricultures tropicales en poche. - Quae Éditions, 240 p. (2012)....

Websites

Dossier Oil palm and sustainable development: Oilseeds, Fats, Lipids https://www.ocl-journal.org/articles/ocl/pdf/2010/06/ocl2010176p360.pdf

Stability of Altered Forest Ecosystems (SAFE) Project http://www.safeproject.net/

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Events

RSPO Sustainable Palm Oil Dialogue-Europe. June 23, 2020, Frankfurt, Germany.

RSPO RT17 – XVII Round Table, Indonesia, November 8-11, 2020.

PIPOC 2021 – MPOB International Palm Oil Conference, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, November 2021.

FEDEPALMA – XIX ^a Conferencia International sobre Palma de Aceite, Cartagena,...

Standards and norms

Système de management de la qualité. - ISO 9000 -
Système de management environnemental. - ISO 14000 -
Responsabilité sociale. - ISO 26000 -
IFC-World Bank : http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/758161490942631734/pdf/113766-WP-FRENCH- Performance-Standards-2012-Full-Document- - IFC Standards -

Regulations

EU Regulation no. 1169/2011 of 25/10/11 on the provision of food information to consumers – OJ EU L304, 22/11/11, p. 18-63.

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/807 of March 13, 2019 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards, on the one hand, the determination of feedstocks with a high risk of inducing indirect land-use change whose area of...