When is tree-cutting deforestation? Palm oil companies set their definition

Mongabay
By <a class="author-link"…Dec 17, 2015, 7:00 pm95 pts
Signatories to the Sustainable Palm Oil Manifesto (SPOM) — a group of major palm oil growers and traders as well as end users like agribusiness companies — have released the final High Carbon Stock Science Study proposing a new methodology for sustainable development of the controversial commodity. “We…

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