Monrovia – Stakeholders attending a two-day regional dialogue on oil palm development in West Africa have called for the inclusion of local communities in oil palm development in the sub-region. The regional dialogue on oil palm development was organized by the Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO), the global oil palm certification scheme, and the Sustainable Development Institute (SDI) – a local nongovernmental organization. The dialogue, held in Monrovia on Thursday, November 28 was part of a one-year pilot project launched by the two institutions aimed at mitigating conflicts between oil palm concessions and communities. The Roundtable on Sustainable Oil Palm (RSPO) was established in 2004 with the objective of promoting the growth and use of sustainable oil palm products through credible global standards and engagement of stakeholders. Following the end of the civil war, there have been huge oil palm concessions in Liberia.

Source: Front Page Africa December 02, 2019 08:26 UTC