I have been attending the conference all day and had the chance to sit in on some intense sessions. The internet is not reliable and the conference center's system has been down all day. I had a minute during my lunch break to find the media center to be able to send a short blog post. I have gathered pictures, interviews and notes from the conference and hopefully, with internet later, will be able to share more.
What I have gathered from the conference so far is that the Palm Oil Crisis is very complex. By attending sessions and visiting with people from around the world I now better understand the goals, mission and plan of the RSPO. Click here to read the RSPO's vision and mission. The RSPO is very important and the conference has brought light to many issues and brought together delegates from around the world to create solutions to these problems. However, many issues were not much of a priority during the conference and I feel as if the world would benefit from bringing awareness these issues. Such as the health issues of palm oil from human consumption, local people evicted from their land by palm oil plantations, the immense habitat destruction and of course the wildlife devastation issues associated with the production of palm oil . For example, elephants used to roam the forest and graze on over one hundred different types of plants and fruits and now that number has declined to a variety of about ten to thirteen options.
Antonia.
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