HOW THE PALM OIL INDUSTRY IS - Greenpeace

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what does
the industry
need to do?
what do OtheR
governments
need to do?
stop the problem:
support zero deforestation
Support a moratorium on forest
clearance and peatland degradation.
start the solution:
clean up the trade
Do not trade with those engaged in
deforestation and peatland degradation.
Inform suppliers that purchasers will no
longer buy from companies engaged in
forest conversion and peatland degradation.
stop the problem:
REDUCE EMissionS
From deforestation
Countries should take immediate action to reduce
their emissions from deforestation and consumption
of and trade in products coming from the destruction
of the world’s remaining forests.
Devise strict sustainability criteria to ensure
all supportive government policies for biomass
or biofuels, such as subsidies, tax exemptions
and targets do not include products directly or
indirectly responsible for deforestation.
start the solution:
fund climate protection
Agree a global funding mechanism to reduce
emissions from deforestation and make this a
central part of the next phase of the Kyoto Protocol
(post-2012) agreement on climate change. 390
Make available international funds to help countries
take immediate action to reduce their emissions
from deforestation: agree a global funding
mechanism to transfer money from rich to poor
countries for forest protection.