Cambodia may be pressed by new EU palm oil regulations
New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’s main exporter is hoping that demand from India and China will cushion the blow.
New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’s main exporter is hoping that demand from India and China will cushion the blow. …
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Cambodia may be pressed by new EU palm oil regulations. New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’ Following US, EU withdrawal of funding, China to donate huge load of goods to NEC; EU firm sets plan for local rubber factory
New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’s main exporter is hoping that demand from India and China will cushion the blow. Cambodia’s palm oil exports rose by a whopping 143 percent ...
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Cambodia may be pressed by new EU palm oil regulations. New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’ Following US, EU withdrawal of funding, China to donate huge load of goods to NEC; EU firm sets plan for local rubber factory
Malaysia, the world's second largest producer and exporter of palm oil, warned on Tuesday against new European Union (EU) rules that could hurt demand for a commodity used in foods from snacks to ...
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Cambodia may be pressed by new EU palm oil regulations. New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’ Following US, EU withdrawal of funding, China to donate huge load of goods to NEC; EU firm sets plan for local rubber factory
Cambodia may be pressed by new EU palm oil regulations. New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’ Following US, EU withdrawal of funding, China to donate huge load of goods to NEC; EU firm sets plan for local rubber factory
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Cambodia may be pressed by new EU palm oil regulations. New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’s main exporter is hoping that demand from India and China will cushion the blow.
LANGKAWI, Malaysia, March 28 () - The European Union risks opening up a trade war with Malaysia over its "grossly unfair" policies aimed at reducing the use of palm oil, Prime Minister Mahathir ...
World Bank Investments in Palm Oil May Undermine EU
Whilst the IFC and the WBG have sought to ensure their investments in the palm oil sector, promote sustainability and support for smallholders, more can be done. The IFC should put in place new policies that are consistent with those being developed by the EU. In this context, we make the following recommendations :
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Palm oil – deforestation for everyday products
Read labels: As of December 2014, labeling regulations in the EU require food products to clearly indicate that they contain palm oil. However, in the case of non-food items such as cosmetics and cleaning products, a wide range of chemical names may still be used to hide the use of palm oil. A quick check of your favorite search engine will ...
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Cambodia Biofuels News Monitoring Service & Press Release
Cambodia may be pressed by new EU palm oil regulations New proposed rules from the European Union restricting the import of palm oil would likely affect Cambodia’s nascent palm oil sector, but the country’s main exporter is hoping that demand from India and China will cushion the blow.
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How Cambodia’s 1st all-male, gay dance company is
In 2015, artist Prumsodun Ok formed Cambodia’s first all-male and gay-identified Khmer dance company — in his living room. Part of his mission was to support the revival of an art form all but destroyed by the reign of the Khmer Rouge.
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Palm Oil News Jan - CSPO Watch
Certification May Help Conservation Efforts. No scientific basis for EU to ban palm oil as biofuel — Soppoa . Malaysia To Raise EU's Palm Oil Move At WTO Committees In March, April. Full MSPO certification for KLK’s operations. EU palm oil restrictions risk sparking trade spat. Indigenous Dayak Farmers Speak Out on Discrimination Against Palm Oil. Malaysian farmers protest Europe's push to ...
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World Bank Investments in Palm Oil May Undermine EU
The rapid development of Indonesia’s palm oil industry, particularly over the last four decades, which to some extent has been ‘development at all costs’, has generated significant revenues but has caused simultaneously massive environmental degradation.
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Indonesian parliament pushes for passage of palm oil
The palm oil bill has been included in parliament’s docket of priority legislation for 2024, after getting the same treatment last year. (The fact that it failed to pass in 2024 despite being a “priority” is not unusual; parliament typically achieves only a fraction of the legislative target that it sets itself every year.)
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Indonesia files WTO palm oil suit as tensions with EU grow
EU consumption of palm oil in food has been in steady decline, but its use as a biofuel has increased. Last year, the bloc consumed more than 7 million tonnes of palm oil, with some 65% of it used ...
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Palm oil – deforestation for everyday products
Palm oil can be found in frozen pizzas, biscuits and margarine, as well as body creams, soaps, makeup, candles and detergents. Few people realize that almost half of the palm oil imported into the EU is used as biofuel. Since 2009, the mandatory blending of biofuels into motor vehicle fuels has been a major cause of deforestation.
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What is due diligence? | Nature Economy and People Connected
We have adopted this definition because this is what the EU Timber Regulation requires companies that place timber on the market in the EU to do. For palm oil, soy and beef , we mean minimising the legal, social and environmental risks of trading in that commodity.
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Sustainable Palm Oil for All | UNDP in Indonesia
Heated debates have recently surrounded the palm oil sector in Indonesia and its access to export markets, including the European Union. The issue is crucial for Indonesia as the world’s largest palm oil producer, the largest exporter, and about 16 million jobs depending directly or indirectly on this sector. Palm oil has also become a public issue in many consumer countries.
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How the world's demand for palm oil is driving
For hours, we pass by miles and miles of uniform rows of oil palms, and we’re regularly overtaken by large trucks steaming past piled high with palm fruits, or carrying the crude oil. Palm oil originated in Africa and was brought to Indonesia and Malaysia during the colonial era.
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Norway bans public procurement of palm oil-based biofuels
But, so far, the EU strategy has been directed towards placing an overall cap to crop-based biofuels, rather than targeting palm oil specifically. In the meantime, countries like Indonesia and Malaysia remain major exporters of palm-based biofuel (PME) to the EU, so any policy changes would affect them significantly.
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EU Commission: No palm oil in our tanks. Stop subsidising
Last May, close to 100,000 Europeans pushed the EU to adopt a breakthrough law to stop subsidising food crops like palm oil in biodiesel that are a ‘high risk’ for the climate. The agreed green energy law requires ‘high risk’ biofuels like palm oil to be phased out, transparency from oil companies on biofuels use, and puts an overall ...
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Petition update · Please sign to stop deforestation
The good news is that the EU has a chance to stop deforestation from palm oil production and help save orangutans. Last year, the EU Parliament voted to stop subsidising crops like palm oil in diesel. The vote aims to gradually decrease and phase out the use of “high risk” fuels like palm oil in the EU by 2030.
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Malaysia: how to respond to the potential EU palm oil ban
If Malaysia screams “palm oil apartheid”, as is the rallying call of Mah, or “unfair trade practice”, then the NGOs and environmental think tanks in the EU will undertake a massive campaign to go against the use of Malaysian palm oil in biofuel, if not Malaysian palm oil per se.
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EU Aquaculture Approves Imports from Myanmar - TheRiceBowl
The EU has approved the import of aquaculture products from Myanmar, in a move that has been welcomed by aquaculture producers in the Southeast Asian country. “It’s a great accomplishment for the EU projects/people that have been working hard for the past years to make this happen,” said Jonah van Beijnen, an aquaculture expert closely […]
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Deforestation in Borneo is slowing, but regulation remains
But in the last century, the world’s third-largest island (shared by Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei) has lost a significant portion of its forests to fire, illegal logging and the expansion of palm oil and pulpwood plantations. Only half of its forest cover remains today, down from 75 per cent in the mid-1980s.
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OECD iLibrary | Home
This new policy includes the use of non-edible crops, restrictions on imports, price regulations, fiscal incentives, and research and development, especially in second generation biofuels. Although India is the world’s fifth largest ethanol producer, most of it is used for industrial and food purposes, whereas biofuels represents about 44% of total demand.
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Insights | Global Counsel
Iceland, a UK supermarket chain, has announced that it intends to ban palm oil from all of its own brand products by the end of 2024. Such a move on palm oil is not a new idea: the EU has been toying with its own potential ban over the last year.
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Evolution not revolution: Financial services of the future
However, Barclays is embracing this competition – not to mention the other winds of change, such as Brexit and new regulation across Europe. Rules and regulations are fundamental to the trade or transport of goods and services in the European Union. With Brexit on the horizon, there is much talk of ‘frictionless trade’.
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