The European Commission has concluded that palm oil cultivation results in exces...
BRUSSELS - The European Commission has concluded that palm oil cultivation results in excessive deforestation and its use in transport fuel should be phased out, setting the bloc on a collision course with major palm oil producers Malaysia and Indonesia.
The use of more harmful biofuel feedstocks will be capped at 2019 levels until 2023 and reduced to zero by 2030. The Commission concluded that 45 percent of the expansion of palm oil production since 2008 led to destruction of forests, wetlands or peatlands and resultant greenhouse gas releases. That compared to 8 percent for soybeans and 1 percent for sunflowers and rapeseed.An initial Commission proposal drew more than 68,000 comments in a four-week public feedback period and criticism from environmentalists for allowing a number of exemptions.
Among changes made after the feedback period was a stipulation that a smallholding meant farmers who were independent and had less than 2 hectares of land. Cultivation on unused land was also limited.
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