WCC 2016 Res 061 - Activity Report

Organize webinar "Palm oil and other vegetable oils: impacts and prospects"

Submitted proposal to Ferrero Scientific Board on Sustainable Nutrition to study trade offs and synergies among Sustainable Development Goal indicators in different production settings of Indonesian palm oil. This proposal has been approved and research should commenced in mid-2021.

Submitted revised Terms of Reference for Oil Palm Task Force for 2021-2025 Quadrennium, which included 1) assigning a co-chair; 2) changing new of task force to Oil Crops Task Force; 3) broaden the task force's mandate to focus on all major oil crops and not just oil palm. Terms of Reference were approved by CEM, CEESP and SSC.

Publication in high impact journal of key findings or review on environmental impacts of oil palm: Meijaard, E., Brooks, T.M., Carlson, K.M., Slade, E.M., Garcia-Ulloa, J., Gaveau, D.L.A., Lee, J.S.H., Santika, T., Juffe-Bignoli, D., Struebig, M.J., Wich, S.A., Ancrenaz, M., Koh, L.P., Zamira, N., Abrams, J.F., Prins, H.H.T., Sendashonga, C.N., Murdiyarso, D., Furumo, P.R., Macfarlane, N., Hoffmann, R., Persio, M., Descals, A., Szantoi, Z., and Sheil, D. (2020). The environmental impacts of palm oil in context. Nature Plants 6, 1418-1426.