Palm oil
principles and criteria of the Roundtable of
Sustainable Palm Oil
• With better management practices, the palm
oil industry could still provide economic and
social benefits without threatening some of
our most breathtaking natural treasures
• World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) is the
main promoter
Vocabulary
• Vast monocultures - suured monokultuurid
• Conservation values – kaitseväärtused
• Critical habitat – olulised elupaigad
• Greenhouse gas emmission – kasvuhoonegaaside levimine
• Intensive cultivation – intensiivviljelus
• Livelihood – elatis
• Indigenous people – põlisrahvad
• Derived from – millegist pärinenud
• Flourish – õitsema
• Abundant – rikkalik
• Habitat degradation – elupaiga lagunemine
• Poacher – salakütt
• Social implication – sotsiaalne mõju
References
• http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/footprint/agriculture/palm_oil/
• http://www.saynotopalmoil.com/Whats_the_issue.php