palm oilmachinerychina in congo

palm oilmachinerychina in congo
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • palm oilmachinerychina in congo
palm oilmachinerychina in congo
palm oilmachinerychina in congo
palm oilmachinerychina in congo
palm oilmachinerychina in congo
  • Where can oil palm be grown in the Congo Basin?
  • Most of the roughly 280 million hectares (Mha) of additional land suitable for oil palm in the Congo Basin are found in the Democratic Republic of Congo (60%), Cameroon (11%) and the Republic of Congo (10%). Many heavily forested countries in the Congo Basin are setting national targets to increase production to meet national and regional demands.
  • Are the Congo Basin’s leaders paying attention to oil palm expansion?
  • There are some early signs that the Congo Basin¡¯s leaders are already paying attention to the potential environmental trade-offs of oil palm expansion ¨C like the Marrakesh Declaration, in which seven African governments pledge a shift towards sustainable, low-carbon palm oil production.
  • Can palm oil mills reduce deforestation in the Congo Basin?
  • Sustainability strategies initiated by companies and aimed at certifying palm oil mills are unlikely to be effective at curbing deforestation in the Congo Basin. Smallholder farmers are an engine of growth in the region¡¯s palm oil sector, and recent evidence suggests they are actively clearing forest to expand.
  • Is Cameroon doubling its palm oil production by 2035?
  • Cameroon has a goal of doubling their palm oil production by 2035, relative to their 2010 baseline of 230,000 tons of crude palm oil per year (République du Cameroun 2009). Gabon, a country with very little area currently under cultivation, has ambitions of becoming a leading palm oil exporter.