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more research is urgently needed on the biodiversity impact of palm oil production, says a new report, as food and other consumer goods manufacturers make sustainable sourcing a priority. palm oil, a major source of vegetable oils and fat, is derived from the tropical crop oil palm, which is cultivated in lowland areas of south america, africa and asia. the two biggest producers are malaysia and indonesia. according to the authors of the new report looking at the focus of recent research on palm oil, published in the journal plos one, more than 10.7m hectares of land are now devoted to oil palm - an increase of168 per cent on 1960. more than 37m metric tons of palm oil were produced in 2005. they say that higher levels of palm oil production are generally associated with a higher number of endangered species - but there is a sore lack of research into the extent of the problem, particularly when it comes to the insect level. this is an issue for food companies looking to lay down a good track record on sustainability. indeed, groups aiming to promote sustainable palm oil production, such as the roundtable on sustainable palm oil, count multinational food companies and retailers amongst their members. but without studies on biodiversity, it is extremely hard to develop informed conservation strategies and ensure that plantations are managed sustainably, warn the researchers from the insect ecology group at the university museum of ecology in cambridge, uk. what is more, the impact - presently unquantified - is likely to become more grave with rising demand and the accompanying expectation that production will increase in the future. head of the insect ecology research group dr william foster said: "much more research must be carried out to determine the impacts of habitat conversion on insect biodiversity. we need to move on from merely cataloguing biodiversity impacts, to understanding how all aspects of ecosystem services are affected by agricultural expansion." foster's team identified papers on oil palm published since 1970 wising the web of science tool. these were then put into different categories depending on their focus. interestingly, the major focus of research has been on uses of palm on the use of palm oil by the food industry and its effects on human health. this accounted for 22.19 per cent of the 678 papers identified. but only 23 publications on biodiversity were identified, and 63 on other environmental issues. this tally is "extremely low", say the researchers. moreover, the biodiversity studies that have taken place have tended to focus on the impact on larger animals like sumatran tigers and leopard cats. only five studies looked at the impact of converting forest to oil palm plantations on invertebrate populations. "although these larger animals are important flagships for the state of the tropical environment, they are not good indicators of oil palm plantation biodiversity," wrote foster. "the vast majority of species worldwide are insects, which carry out the lion's share of the ecosystem function." in the last ten years there has been an increase in increase in the amount of research on by-products from the oil palm industry, chemistry, engineering and biotechnology, and biofuels.
Source :Food Ingredients Food Science - Additives, Flavours, Starch
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2008
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crude palm oil production is up 4.4 per cent from october in malaysia, according to the malaysian palm oil board, but this has not led to a fall in prices amid the current volatility of the crude and soya oil markets. the total output of crude palm oil (cpo) totalled 1.65m tonnes in november, compared to 1.58m tonnes in october. meanwhile, cpo stocks shot up 25 per cent to 976,589 tonnes as the amount of imports far exceeded the quantity at exports, with exports decreasing by 7.
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major food companies are contributing to increased carbon emissions through the destruction of indonesia's peat swamp forests to produce palm oil, claims a report released today. unilever, nestle, cargill and adm, as well as some leading supermarkets, are all significant users of indonesian palm oil, alleges the greenpeace report. every year, 1.
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a new process for producing palm oil seeds which researchers claim has the potential to triple crop yield and address both sustainability and supply issues is expected to become commercially available within 10 years. sumatra bioscience has announced that it has developed the first process to produce f1 oil palm hybrid seeds. the term f1 refers to the first-generation offspring of two closely related plants.
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political decisions encouraging biofuel production from palm oil is causing deforestation in indonesia and not the low tonnage sourced by kit kat maker nestlé, according to the chairman of the swiss based food company. in reply to a question from a greenpeace representative about deforestation at nestlé’s annual general meeting in lausanne, the food group’s chairman peter brabeck-letmathe claimed that it is not nestlé’s 320,000 tonnes of palm oil that brought about deforestation in asia but a political decision to use food as a source for biofuels.
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browse > home / world news / unilever drops palm oil supplier over “deforestation” claims unilever drops palm oil supplier over “deforestation” claims december 14, 2009 just-food a greenpeace report claiming that a major supplier of palm oil to unilever is engaged in illegal deforestation has prompted the company to suspend all future purchases from the company.
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asian palm oil company is planning a flotation on aim this month, according to reports, in a bid to cash in on the increasing international demand for the edible oil. the company, owned by dennis melka, former head of csfb in malaysia and plantation director graeme brown, will make the initial public offering of £45m (€61m) on the london stock exchange's international market for smaller companies.
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according to nbpol, this single acquisition increases the company\'s established plantation area by nearly 50%, and is comprised of estates close to the company\'s current center of operations.nbpol revealed, on february 24, 2010, about the planned acquisition of ctp png for a consideration of $175m payable in cash, plus an additional consideration in relation to stocks and capital expenditure.the palm oil producer said that completion of the ctp png acquisition was contingent upon entering into a $200m 12-month facility with standard chartered bank and australia and new zealand banking group, and approval by ordinary resolution of the company\'s shareholders.
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unlever has halted all purchases of palm oil from indonesian company pt smart after a greenpeace report alleged that its parent group sinar mas is engaged in widespread illegal deforestation and peatland clearance in indonesia. according to the pressure group’s report, illegal forest clearance and rspo (round table on sustainable palm oil) greenwash: case studies of sinar mas, the company is “…engaging in practices which release vast amounts of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and help indonesia win the title of the world’s third largest greenhouse gas emitter, after china and the us.
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the roundtable on sustainable palm oil (rspo) says it is on the cusp of delivering on its promise to put sustainable oil on the market, and will be unveiling its certification system at its next meeting in november. palm oil is used in a range of personal care products and soap, as well as in many food products including crisps, bread and margarine. however the palm oil industry has been heavily criticised, since production is contributing to rapid deforestation, especially in indonesia, and endangering native species.
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