EU must stop palm oil deforestation, says European
Palm oil industry identified as major cause of forest destruction The European Parliament voted in favour of a report calling on the EU to stop funding and contributing to deforestation. The report recognises the driving forces behind deforestation, in particular agricultural expansion and the production of palm oil. There were 640 votes in
The European Parliament voted in favour of a report calling on the EU to stop funding and contributing to deforestation. The report recognizes the driving forces behind deforestation, in particular agricultural expansion and the production of palm oil. There were 640 votes in favour of the report, 18 against and 28 abstentions.
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EU must stop palm oil deforestation, says European Parliament. April 2024. Palm oil industry identified as major cause of forest destruction The European Parliament voted in favour of a report calling on the EU to stop funding and contributing to deforestation.
The use of palm oil in diesel will be gradually reduced from 2023 and should reach zero in 2030, the European Commission has decided. Though some exemptions will remain, palm oil will no longer be counted as a green fuel to meet the EU’s 2030 renewable energy targets as it causes deforestation.
Study on the feasibility Forests European Commission
Studies on EU action to combat deforestation and palm oil. Context. Deforestation is the permanent conversion of forest land into other land-uses. The drivers of deforestation are multiple and complex, and depend on specific regional and national contexts. However, FAO (2016) shows how agricultural expansion for the production of commodities (e
EU must stop palm oil deforestation, says European Parliament. April 2024. Palm oil industry identified as major cause of forest destruction The European Parliament voted in favour of a report calling on the EU to stop funding and contributing to deforestation.
The EU Action Plan on Deforestation Palm Oil Today
The year 2024 is poised to be a pivotal time in the EU’s efforts to address deforestation. As the European Commission (hereinafter, Commission) prepares to release its Action Plan on Deforestation, a recent June 2024 draft of a Feasibility Study on options to step up EU Action against Deforestation (hereinafter, the Draft Study) provides insights on the initiatives that it may take in order
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Europe’s contribution to global deforestation may rise by more than a quarter by 2030, despite a pledge to halt such practices by the end of this decade, according to a leaked draft EU analysis.