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Incentive: Certified Palm Oil
PALM OIL
Project POTICO is designed to have developers establish new oil palm plantations on degraded lands—land that was deforested years ago. Palm oil from these plantations would be certified by the Roundtable
on Sustainable Palm Oil.
USES
Palm oil, derived from the fruit of oil palm trees, is used as a cooking oil and has recently become popular for use in snack foods. A versatile oil, it is used in consumer products such as soaps and cosmetics, and also to create biofuel.
FOOD:
Cooking oil and margarines
Confectionaries such as
ice cream, chocolates, and cakes
Snacks such as
cookies and chips
Infant nutrition fats |
INDUSTRIAL:
Personal care products
such as shampoo, soaps, and cosmetics
Household products such as
candles and cleaning products
Energy such as biodiesel
Animal feed for livestock
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DEMAND
International demand for palm oil is a primary driver of deforestation in Indonesia.
Oil palm plantations have skyrocketed over the past 20 years in Indonesia, from 600,000 hectares in 1985 to more than 6 million hectares in 2007. This is a growth from 1.5 million acres in 1985 to 15 million acres in 2007.
Indonesia is now the world's number one producer of palm oil, with 44 percent of the world's production.
The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization projects that acreage will likely at least double by 2020 to meet growing world demand for palm oil.
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