{"id":28345,"date":"2024-08-21T08:10:39","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:10:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gapki.id\/en\/?p=28345"},"modified":"2024-08-21T08:10:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T08:10:39","slug":"new-study-negating-palm-oil-will-only-worsen-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gapki.id\/en\/news\/2024\/08\/21\/new-study-negating-palm-oil-will-only-worsen-problems\/","title":{"rendered":"New Study: Negating Palm Oil Will Only Worsen Problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

Oil crops significantly impact global land use, with palm oil being particularly accused of causing the loss of tropical forests. A recent study by CMCC and Politecnico di Milano suggests an alternative to the simplistic substitution of palm oil with other vegetable oils, focusing instead on oils certified as \u201cdeforestation-free.\u201d This approach, in the case of palm oil, could cut emissions by up to 92%, highlighting the need \u00a0for strategies that support sustainable agriculture and the global food system.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Palm oil has been heavily criticized for its role in the deforestation in Malaysia and Indonesia. This deforestation was suspected to have led to significant biodiversity loss and increased greenhouse gas emissions.<\/p>\n

As a result, many food products are now advertised as \u201cpalm oil-free,\u201d prompting producers to stop using palm oil and instead increase their demand for alternative vegetable oils.<\/p>\n

But a recent study conducted by researchers from CMCC and Politecnico di Milano delves into the environmental impacts of replacing palm oil with other vegetable oils. Titled \u201cDeforestation and greenhouse gas emissions could arise when replacing palm oil with other vegetable oils\u201d and published in the journal Science of the Total Environment in June 2024<\/em>, the study examines the potential consequences of substituting palm oil with soybean, rapeseed, and sunflower oils on a global scale.<\/p>\n

The study explores scenarios where 25%, 50%, and 100% of the current palm oil usage is replaced with soybean, rapeseed, and sunflower oils. It analyses the potential impact on land use changes, forest carbon stock losses, and resulting greenhouse gas emissions from substituting palm oil with alternative vegetable oils.<\/p>\n

While these alternatives show lower agricultural inputs and emissions per unit of production, they demand more land. \u201cBut where do we find this additional land?\u201d says CMCC researcher Maria Vincenza Chiriac\u00f2, first author of the study. \u201cThis expansion in land use could lead to deforestation in other regions, transferring the problem rather than solving it<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Replacing palm oil with other vegetable oils would require much more land due to their lower yield per hectare. The researchers estimate that this shift could endanger between 28 to 52 million hectares of forest across the eight major producing countries analysed<\/strong> (Argentina, Brasile, Canada, China, India, Russia, Ukraine, USA). This land conversion would likely offset any emissions savings from reduced agricultural inputs, maintaining or even exacerbating deforestation and emissions issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cReplacing it with other oils could lead to further deforestation issues,\u201d says Maria Vincenza Chiriac\u00f2. \u201cOur research proves that the best solution is to use palm oil as long as it is certified \u2018deforestation-free\u2019<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSuch certifications ensure that oils are produced on lands that are not forests, such as existing agricultural lands or marginal lands already designated for agriculture, or on land that has not been recently deforested, thereby minimizing environmental harm\u201d says Monia Santini, Director of CMCC\u2019s Institute for Climate Resilience (ICR) and another author of the study. The study shows that if the total amount of palm oil was certified as deforestation-free, emissions from its production could drop by 92%<\/strong>, reducing from 372 million tons to around 29 million tonnes of CO2<\/sub>eq.<\/p>\n

To assess land suitability for alternative oil crops, the study utilized data from the FAO\u2019s Global Agro-Ecological Zones (GAEZ) and other datasets, combining Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) with Land Use Change (LUC) emissions for a comprehensive view. This approach provides insights into both emissions from agricultural practices and the impacts of land conversion.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe aim to extend these analyses to future scenarios beyond 2050, considering the impacts of climate change and the feasibility of adopting diets recommended by the EAT-Lancet Commission for planetary health,\u201d says Chiriac\u00f2. \u201cThis will explore whether the projected land use changes are sustainable in the long term<\/strong> and how they would align with global dietary needs, in a world with a growing population and a changing climate.\u201d (*)<\/p>\n

Source: cmcc.it<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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