Peru has committed to ending palm oil-driven deforestation by 2021. The move was named a "momentous win" for wildlife and sustainable agriculture.
Peru has pledged to end palm oil driven deforestation by 2021, this article from this week states.
If Peru will carry out this commitment, it will be the second South American country (after Colombia) to make this pledge.
National Wildlife Federation, the largest private, non-profit conservation education and advocacy organization in the U.S is the reason this “momentous win” was made possible.
The National Wildlife Federation and its local partner, Sociedad Peruana de Ecodesarrollo, worked alongside Peruvian palm oil Producers’ Association (JUNPALMA) and Peru’s government for two years before achieving this amazing result.
“This commitment is a momentous development for the people of Peru and the global effort to confront climate change. It underscores that we can feed the world without hurting biodiversity or clear-cutting tropical forests,” Kiryssa Kasprzyk, who led the National Wildlife Federation’s work, said in a statement.
“This commitment is a momentous development for the people of Peru and the global effort to confront climate change. It underscores that we can feed the world without hurting biodiversity or clear-cutting tropical forests.”
