Seven African countries pledge to protect their tropical forests from unsustainable oil palm development

Mongabay
Nov 16, 2016, 5:40 pm295 pts
Seven oil palm-growing African nations pledged today to protect their tropical forests by shifting to sustainable palm oil production. The TFA 2020 Marrakesh Declaration for the Sustainable Development of the Oil Palm Sector in Africa was signed by the governments of the Central African Republic, Côte…

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