How African Palm Oil Can Boost Livelihoods and Protect Forests

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.

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