PALM OIL: FOREST MORATORIUM BREACHED-MORE ON CARGILL - SEE UPDATE 6/23/11
- by: s sureck AnimalActionUSA
- recipient: U.S.Agribusiness/ Support Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)
UPDATE: 6/23/11-
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UPDATE: 6/22/11-
By Michael Taylor
JAKARTA | Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:05am EDT
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's freshly inked two-year forest moratorium was breached on its first day as a plantation company burned carbon-rich peatlands on Borneo island, an investigation by an environmental group said.
Indonesia revealed a long list of exemptions to its much-delayed two-year forest moratorium on logging that came into effect on May 20, in a concession to hard-lobbying plantation firms in Southeast Asia's largest economy.
The Forestry Ministry told Reuters it had not seen the environmental group's report but forest and peatland burning was against the law and should be investigated.
The environmental group also criticized Norway, which promised $1 billion for Indonesia if it implemented the moratorium, for investing in KLK.
"We should all be aware of countries such as Norway which are able to take a profit from deforestation," said the director of campaigns for Telapak, Hapsoro.
Indonesia is seen as a key player in the fight against climate change and is under intense international pressure to curb its rapid deforestation rate and destruction of carbon-rich peatlands.
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Cargill%u2019s palm oil commitments
Cargill became a member of the RSPO, a voluntary standard for palm oil production, in 2004. As a certified member of the RSPO, Cargill is publicly asserting that the palm oil it produces and trades adheres to industry best practices and RSPO Principles and Criteria. 2 Investigation of the reality on the ground, however, reveals a wide gulf between Cargills palm oil operations and its stated commitments and responsibilities under the RSPO.
RSPO Violations
This investigation presents evidence that Cargill is violating at least five RSPO criteria:
- Operating outside of Indonesian law;
- failing to disclose ownership of palm oil plantations;
- clearing rainforests without permits;
- failing to resolve ongoing and large-scale land conflicts;
and %uFFFD - destroying watersheds.
Indonesian Law Violations
This investigation presents evidence that Cargill is violating at least five RSPO criteria:
- Operating without an Environmental Assessment Report or Business Permits;
- clearing rainforest without Timber Cutting Permits;
- exceeding the maximum allowed concession area;
- clearing peatlands; and
- using fire/burning in palm oil concessions.
Systemic failures in Cargills supply chain
Read more: Cargill's Problems With Palm Oil | Rainforest Action Network http://ran.org/cargillreport#ixzz1PXatvoWg
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UPDATES
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Other news listings may be found at Palm Oil NewsBy Adam Harrison, Senior Policy Officer: Food and Agriculture, WWF Scotland
12:00PM GMT 01 Feb 2011
One of the biggest drivers of forest loss in Malaysia and Indonesia is palm oil.
More than 80% of the world's most widely used vegetable oil comes from those two countries and it is estimated that more than half of what is grown in the region is planted on former tropical forests.
Loss of these forests is not only a threat to species like the tiger, elephant, rhino and orang-utan, but deforestation is also responsible for 15% of global greenhouse gas emissions and impacts heavily on communities that rely on the forest for a living.
However, whilst the latest news from the region is bad, it must be recognised that palm oil can be a positive force for the countries where it is grown and the people living there but only if it is grown sustainably.
WWF set up the "Round table on Sustainable Palm Oil" (RSPO) in 2004 with a wide range of organisations involved in the global palm oil industry and it has progressed to developing standards for sustainable palm oil which include banning the clearance of land which is important for wildlife, the environment and local people
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Logging, deforestation, loss of critical animal habitat leading to extinction of animal species, total devastation and loss of critical rainforests - It's a very critical, complex issue. SUPPORT for RSPO will be recognized until something better comes along. American corporations must increase accountability as business uses Palm Oil in food, cereals of all kind, cosmetics, you name it. Check the labels. Greenpeace has led a good fight here, and I hope they will continue to do so. Palm Oil, for all its benefits of poverty lifting in Central Asia, has devastated the animal kingdom down to poor, suffering animals. I realize we have many problems here at home in the USA.
WHAT HAVE WE DONE with the Eden God has given us? The Air? The Oceans?
Mining? Oil drilling? the Animal kingdom?
Dear Friends of the Animals:I encourage all of us to get involved with the law-making process. Our petitions are valuable & useful, but the muscle of all proposals resides in the law. Please sign the petition to stop this inhumane and barbaric practice that causes suffering and allows the perpetrators to avoid hands-on responsibility and questions of conscience. After signing the petition research your State as to what that policy & practice is; and if you don't like what your State is doing, TAKE ACTION! CONTACT YOUR STATE REPRESENTATIVE! TAKE ACTION!Thanking you,AnimalActionUSA
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