# Researchers urge sustainability as palm oil tightens its grip on Latin America

> A Mongabay article reports that palm oil producers are expanding into West Africa and Latin America because of deforestation restrictions in Southeast Asia. It cites Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil and Honduras as major producers and says global palm oil demand is 165 million tonnes.

- Date: 2019-11-20 · published 2019-11-20T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Latin America · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/56089-researchers-urge-sustainability-as-palm-oil-tightens-its-grip-on-latin-america
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md)

## Why it matters

Shifting palm oil production toward new regions has a longer-term supply implication but no immediate price trigger, so the effect on feed-related markets is limited.

## Read by commodity

- PALMOIL: neutral

## Sources

- news.mongabay.com: https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/researchers-urge-sustainability-as-palm-oil-tightens-its-grip-on-latin-america/

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