This Article was written on Al Jazeera
The current environmental issue the world is facing today has been brought by palm oil plantations. These plantations need to grow in tropical areas and require a lot of land. The land commonly used for these plantations are in the rain forest and many producers are causing a mass deforestation in the local area. However, new rules have been set in place on manufactors of palm oil to limit their development of new lands. Calling for a ban on increasing in "wet lands" as the destruction will have severe impacts on the eco-system. This issue is controversial to the international relations community, because many nations from around the world affect the outcome of these rules that are placed in countries in Asia. One significant nation was England after a large supermarket chain has vowed to not use palm oil products in its super market to hold protests with it. Along with this the foundations in control of these rules are given a lot of pressure by foreign nations for not taking enough action against those that violate the rules set in place. It is important for us to be mindful of this issue as sustainability is a growing problem in our world and the international community.
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Tougher palm oil rules agreed amid polarising debate over crop
-Emilio Lopez
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