AreaIndonesia
Commodity GroupOilseeds, oils and meals
CommodityOil palm
Date01/05/2013
Policy CategoryProduction
Policy InstrumentEnvironmental policy
DescriptionExtended ban on clearing primary rain forest and carbon-rich peatland (e.g. for oil palm plantations), for two years.
NotesINDONESIA forest/peatland conservation: Indonesia approved a two-year extension to its ban on clearing primary rain forest and carbon-rich peatland. Applied by expanding palm oil and mining companies, these practices are known to represent a major source of GHG emission and thus global warming. The moratorium, which was introduced in May 2011 under a bilateral deal reached with Norway, aims at preventing deforestation and forest degradation on a total area of more than 65 million hectares (see also MPPU Aug10).
