Palm oil plantations and deforestation in Guatemala: Certifying

Palm oil is the world’s most consumed vegetable oil, but producing it has caused deforestation and biodiversity loss across Southeast Asia and elsewhere, including Central America. Efforts to curtail the damage have largely focused on voluntary environmental certification programs that label qualifying palm-oil sources as “sustainable.” However, those certification programs have been criticized by environmental groups as greenwashing tools that enable multinational corporations to claim fully sustainable palm oil while continuing to sell products that fall far short of the deforestation-free goal. Findings from a new University of Michigan School for Environment and Sustainability-led study support some of the critics’ claims—and go much further.

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PDF] Certified sustainable palm oil took the place of endangered Bornean and Sumatran large mammals habitat and tropical forests in the last 30 years.

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