This is the kind of consumer action we like to see! Communicate with brands and retailers and let them know you expect sustainable palm oil.
Choose #Sustainable#PalmOil and #SaveOrangutans!
Our current member project in Indonesia relies on social forestry practices. 🌴🌳🌲
Social #forestry benefits local communities, increases #biodiversity, reduces carbon from the atmosphere & improves soil quality. 🐘🐯☁️🌱
💡 Find more information here 👉🏼https://t.co/h5YrG85rgG
The EU’s proposed regulation for #DeforestationFree products is a great opportunity to minimise global #Deforestation. But "there are several challenges with the current proposal,” says @Inke_RSPO, RSPO Market Transformation Director. Read in @politico: https://t.co/X46te7YcWp
Turning challenges into opportunities: @EmilyEfeca of @Efeca_Forests explains how collaboration is key in driving sustainable palm oil production and uptake: https://t.co/6ozjjCF983 #palmoil
The RSPO Jurisdictional Approach takes a holistic approach to managing the #SustainablePalmOil supply chain to:
✅ Make RSPO Certification more accessible & inclusive
✅ Work closely with local govts
✅ Improve transparency in the supply chain
More ➡️ https://t.co/p85UcayRiu
Orangutans are critically endangered due to habitat loss, which is caused by conventional palm oil production. Fortunately, sustainable palm oil is on the rise. Sustainable palm oil production ensures that the orangutan habitats are protected. #SustainablePalmOil
In the 1960s, #Nigeria used to be the world’s top producer of palm oil. Now, Godwin Obaseki (@GovernorObaseki), Governor of Nigeria’s southern Edo state, plans to revitalise the country’s #PalmOil industry—using #sustainable best practices. Read more: https://t.co/ENZpSUOJrP
🌴 #Palmoil continues to be a major driver of deforestation of some of the world’s most biodiverse #forests, destroying the habitat of already endangered species. 🟢 But palm oil can be produced more #sustainably and things can change.
Learn more here: https://t.co/0M0pME5lmG
At least half of the packaged items on supermarket shelves—from baby food and chocolate to shampoo and detergent—contain palm oil. This extremely versatile oil is also widely used around the world as a biofuel and cooking ingredient. https://t.co/0LlYRMLUqa
IT'S TOMORROW!
Opportunity to learn about forest landscape governance from the case in Indonesia @CIFOR_hutan!
Register now: https://t.co/HwdpW269tz
#palmoil
@TOJenX Yes. Currently Mondelez has 97.3% of its worldwide palm oil volume covered by RSPO certification: 335,509 Metric Tonnes - https://t.co/pX7UyQOlKf
Each year between 1,000 to 5,000 orangutans are killed due to palm oil development. Pygmy elephant, Sumatran rhino are also endangered. Child labor, workforce abuse, another issue. Buy RSPO logo products to support companies using certified sustainable palm oil. #ClimateCrisis.
RSPO Certified Sustainable Palm Oil protects elephants by integrating:
🌳 Protection of High Conservation Value (HCV) areas
🚫 No use of fire
🏞 Restoration of ecological corridors
❤️ Development of responsible measures to resolve human-wildlife conflicts
#WorldElephantDay 🐘
We believe that you can’t change what you don’t understand, which is why a big part of our work centers around mapping and tracing palm oil supply chains. We are doing this in a few different ways. Learn how here: https://t.co/0LlYRMLUqa
There’s a degree of risk that Southeast Asia may see the return of transboundary haze this year from forest fires in #Indonesia.
The key driver of that risk is the current high price of palm oil, which could pose an incentive for farmers in Indonesia.
https://t.co/6huuNXr8Md