Situación actual y perspectivas de la RSPO para Latinoamérica.

South America has the largest suitable area for the development of oil palm plantations in the world. It is estimated that there are in Brazil more than 8.5 million hectares of degraded areas in the state of Para alone, located in the northern part of the country. The region has the best geographic and logistic position among all palm oil producers for supplying the United States and Europe, has a strong market for domestic consumption and available labor force. Even so, South America's three major producers, Colombia, Ecuador and Brazil together have currently just over 550 thousands hectares of planted area. The development of the oil palm plantations in the region has been slower than in others, such as Asia. Much is due to the set of more stringent environmental laws, higher labor and social security taxes and low level of funding, whether public or private. In the last few years, new opportunities have emerged with the advent of biodiesel with mandatory blends in Brazil and Colombia. The consumption of palm oil in South America is experiencing an accelerated growth, higher than the average of the past years. Major projects for plantations were circulated in the press before the current economic crisis, projects that promised to triple the planted area of the region in little more than a decade. In this presentation we will show how the RSPO initiative can in a sustainable way, enhance the potential of this region, analyzing the pros and cons and discussing the challenges and opportunities of a change of view regarding the pace of current and future developments of a new oil palm plantations within the actual and modern sustainable environmental and social models which are desired and demanded by civil society.

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Main Author: Brito, Marcelo, autor. aut 57500
Format: Texto biblioteca
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Subjects:Grupo Agropalma, Aceite de palma en Latinoamérica, Aceite de palma sostenible, RSPO,
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