Thread by @PalmOilDetect

@rwritextinction You need to look deeper into this. In the past few days @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter published a joint global investigation into the @RSPOtweets it is absolutely NOT effective in stopping #deforestation or handling #humanrights complaints - it fails. pulitzercenter.org/stories/rspo-o…

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets A June report by @GRAIN_org @FOEInt @bmfonds @Global_Witness and many other NGOs throughout the world strongly recommended the @EU_Commission DOES NOT use certification as a protective mechanism in the #EU anti-deforestation regulation - it does not work. en.milieudefensie.nl/news/10-reason…

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission Eco-labels and certification: fake solutions like the RSPO do not stop deforestation from entering the EU ~ @GRAIN_org @FoEint_press @Global_Witness @EIA_News #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification is not designed to achieve the main objective of the regulation: prevent deforestation and other environmental harms #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Together4Forests

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification does not provide the information needed to comply with the EU regulation: it does not create transparency of the supply chain or provide information on the geographical origin #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Together4Forests

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification does not provide guarantees for the legality of the product #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Together4Forests

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification does not identify or prevent harms (audit teams lack time and expertise)
#Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Together4Forests #Climateemergency

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification bodies and their auditors are not independent from the company they certify #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Together4Forests #Climateemergency

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Prevention of environmental and social harm cannot be outsourced, particularly because certification bodies are not liable for harms in the plantations they certify. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Together4Forests #Climateemergency

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification cannot guarantee Free, Prior and Informed Consent or prevent land grabbing of indigenous land. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Together4Forests #Climateemergency

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification provides opportunities for greenwashing and increases vested interests in and corporate power over natural resources. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Together4Forests #Climateemergency

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification promotes the expansion of industrial agriculture and thereby prevents the transition needed to halt deforestation: towards community-based forest management and agro-ecology with food sovereignty as a leading principle #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Certification directs resources towards a million-dollar certification industry, while community and smallholder forest and agriculture management are extremely underfunded. #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife #SaveSoil #Fightgreenwashiing

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope Signed letter by 71 NGOs tells the EU Commission to not trust eco-labels and certification of
Timber
Palm oil
Soy
Cocoa
Coffee
Certification is a #greenwashing LIE by the industry
Read it here: en.milieudefensie.nl/news/10-reason…

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope @MilieudefDelft The signatories of the letter

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets @GRAIN_org @FoEint @bmfonds @Global_Witness @EU_Commission @FoEint_press @EIA_News @AURIGA_ID @westpapuamedia @Fern_NGO @OxBHRNetwork @setiabudhi18 @AlexChem1969 @ECCHRBerlin @stefanosfotiou @foeeurope @MilieudefDelft We will never stop fighting for forests, animals and indigenous peoples whose land is being destroyed for profit and greed. We #Boycottpalmoil #Boycott4Wildlife

@rwritextinction @ConvocaPe @pulitzercenter @RSPOtweets Michelle Desilets who commissioned this comic along with Helen Buckland are deeply involved in the #greenwashing of "sustainable" palm oil. Michelle is on the complaints panel for the RSPO which has not stopped #humanrights abuses or #deforestation