Improve Palm Oil Governance Too

Deforestation is deemed a major contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. Forests are considered the lungs of the world that absorb carbon and release oxygen.

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Workers harvest oil palm in the plantation area of PT Sawit Sumbermas Saran Tbk (SSMS) in Pangkalan Bun, Central Kalimantan, Thursday (29/4/2021).

The black campaign against palm oil continues amid issues of climate change and business competition. Indonesia must explain its stance.

The European Parliament and the Council of Europe are drafting a law to ban products linked to deforestation from entering the European Union. These products include beef, coffee, cocoa, soybeans, wood and palm oil. The country of origin will thus have to prove that its agricultural commodities are not linked to deforestation throughout its supply chain.