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In May 2010, Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono announced a national policy to develop oil palm plantations on “degraded land”– instead of on forest and peatland — as part of an ambitious plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation (REDD+). Indonesia’s draft national REDD+ strategy, which has been made available for public consultation, reflects this intention.
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), comprised of over 350 members from government, NGOs, and businesses, has developed a set of principles and criteria for sustainable palm oil production. According to the RSPO, new plantations in Indonesia must not replace primary forest or reduce high conservation values and should use “previously cleared and/or degraded land.”
This November, the RSPO convenes in Jakarta as REDD+ policy-makers continue developing a degraded land national policy. This piece answers frequently asked questions by both groups and aims to provide a common factual starting point for moving the policy dialogue forward. (...)

The article:
http://www.wri.org/stories/2010/11/faq-indonesia-degraded-land-and-sustainable-palm-oil

The RSPO website:
http://www.rspo.org/?q=content/announcement-rt8-ga7-registration-open-and-call-annual-reports

Basic information:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impact_of_palm_oil

About the issue:

http://news.mongabay.com/2011/0103-wri_interview_hance_butler.html