The palm oil industry is growing globally and palm oil is today the most used vegetable oil for biofuels, however, over the last years research has showed that it has caused great deforestation in Southeast Asia where the grand majority of oil palm is produced. There has also been reports on poor working conditions showing that the palm oil is not socially sustainable either. Colombia is the biggest producer of palm oil in Latin America, with plans of continued expansion, and they are marketing their palm oil as sustainable and not contributing to deforestation. This report investigates the oil palm expansion in Colombia, with a focus on its links to deforestation. The research also looks into social issues connected to oil palm expansion, ...
<div><p>Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase...
This study aimed to provide a more holistic understanding of how drivers at various levels interplay...
This study aimed to provide a more holistic understanding of how drivers at various levels interplay...
The palm oil industry is growing globally and palm oil is today the most used vegetable oil for biof...
Palm oil production has been steadily growing worldwide since the end of the 20th century and has in...
The inexorable expansion of oil palm plantations has been a major driver of biodiversity loss in the...
There is a growing global demand for palm oil – a vegetable oil used in various products such as mar...
Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase substan...
Background: The global palm oil market experienced a remarkable boom since the year 2000. Since palm...
Between the 1960s and 1980s, global land dedicated to monocultures for biofuels tripled and continue...
Between the 1960s and 1980s, global land dedicated to monocultures for biofuels tripled and continue...
Palm oil is used in our everyday lives through: Beautify/hygiene products; Bioenergy; Food. Indonesi...
Palm oil is the main source of cooking oil for much of Africa, Asia and Brazil. Due to the increasin...
Between 1993 and 2015 the land planted to oil palm in Colombia increased fourfold, from 119,000ha to...
International audienceEver since the last decade palm oil production has increased many folds and so...
<div><p>Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase...
This study aimed to provide a more holistic understanding of how drivers at various levels interplay...
This study aimed to provide a more holistic understanding of how drivers at various levels interplay...
The palm oil industry is growing globally and palm oil is today the most used vegetable oil for biof...
Palm oil production has been steadily growing worldwide since the end of the 20th century and has in...
The inexorable expansion of oil palm plantations has been a major driver of biodiversity loss in the...
There is a growing global demand for palm oil – a vegetable oil used in various products such as mar...
Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase substan...
Background: The global palm oil market experienced a remarkable boom since the year 2000. Since palm...
Between the 1960s and 1980s, global land dedicated to monocultures for biofuels tripled and continue...
Between the 1960s and 1980s, global land dedicated to monocultures for biofuels tripled and continue...
Palm oil is used in our everyday lives through: Beautify/hygiene products; Bioenergy; Food. Indonesi...
Palm oil is the main source of cooking oil for much of Africa, Asia and Brazil. Due to the increasin...
Between 1993 and 2015 the land planted to oil palm in Colombia increased fourfold, from 119,000ha to...
International audienceEver since the last decade palm oil production has increased many folds and so...
<div><p>Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase...
This study aimed to provide a more holistic understanding of how drivers at various levels interplay...
This study aimed to provide a more holistic understanding of how drivers at various levels interplay...