Jamie D'Souza
Takeaways:
- Six years ago, African nations signed the Africa Palm Oil Initiative to make palm oil more sustainable.
- This initiative is about getting the right government policies in place, building local capacity and engaging the stakeholders who matter when it comes to the processes behind deforestation.
- The Africa Palm Oil Initiative framed a new forestry law permitting agricultural production only on degraded land.
Click here to view the original web page at: How African palm oil can boost livelihoods and protect forests