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Palm Oil
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Possible public intervention
EUDR enforcement. Import tariff differentiation. Satellite-verified traceability. Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil standard strengthening. Peatland conversion ban.
Institutions to examine
- EU EUDR
- Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
- Indonesian/Malaysian governments
- USDA
Institution abbreviations
- USDA
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- EU
- European Union
Existing frameworks and precedents
- EU Deforestation Regulation
- Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Certification
- Indonesia moratorium (expired)
Open policy gap
EUDR enforcement beginning. Satellite-verified traceability incomplete. Peatland conversion continues. The forest does not grow back.
Legislative and policy forums
- Agriculture
- Foreign Relations
- ENVI
- INTA
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