# How Tracking Product Sources May Help Save World’s Forests - Yale E360

> Nonprofit groups are deploying data tools to trace the origins of palm oil, soy, timber and beef and hold companies to their deforestation pledges. The article uses the Trase launch as its example.

- Date: 2016-12-08 · published 2016-12-08T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: report · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/73486-how-tracking-product-sources-may-help-save-world-s-forests-yale-e360
- Commodities: [Palm Oil](https://feedsoft.ai/c/PALMOIL.md), [Soybeans](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SOY.md)

## Why it matters

Stricter sourcing verification could raise compliance costs for palm oil and soy supply chains. The effect on prices is gradual and uncertain.

## Read by commodity

- SOY: neutral
- PALMOIL: neutral

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| PALMOIL | 2022-02-04 | [Marine ingredients production – World Fishing](https://feedsoft.ai/events/42616-marine-ingredients-production-world-fishing.md) | +0.6% | +14.5% |
| PALMOIL | 2023-12-28 | [IFFO: Peru's fishing woes drive world fishmeal, oil production dip - Undercurrent News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/32480-iffo-peru-s-fishing-woes-drive-world-fishmeal-oil-production-dip-undercurrent.md) | -2.2% | +2.0% |
| PALMOIL | 2024-04-12 | [USDA increased the estimate of world production of vegetable oils](https://feedsoft.ai/events/30861-usda-increased-the-estimate-of-world-production-of-vegetable-oils.md) | -3.8% | -10.4% |
| PALMOIL | 2021-02-16 | [Diminishing the EU’s deforestation footprint: The where and the how - IEEP AISBL](https://feedsoft.ai/events/48666-diminishing-the-eu-s-deforestation-footprint-the-where-and-the-how-ieep-aisbl.md) | +3.3% | +14.7% |
| PALMOIL | 2016-11-03 | [Report: Forest Protection Pledges Have Surged, But Progress Has Been Mixed](https://feedsoft.ai/events/73865-report-forest-protection-pledges-have-surged-but-progress-has-been-mixed.md) | +2.2% | +5.2% |
| SOY | 2021-01-07 | [Canada's November Trade for Grains and Products](https://feedsoft.ai/events/49121-canada-s-november-trade-for-grains-and-products.md) | +3.4% | +0.5% |
| SOY | 2020-05-13 | [USDA Projects Rise in World Oilseed Production, Expects Higher Consumption, Reduces Ending Stock Estimates](https://feedsoft.ai/events/53251-usda-projects-rise-in-world-oilseed-production-expects-higher-consumption.md) | -0.8% | +1.9% |
| SOY | 2025-08-21 | [IGC sees corn output spiking on increased US production \| World Grain](https://feedsoft.ai/events/23356-igc-sees-corn-output-spiking-on-increased-us-production-world-grain.md) | +1.2% | +2.2% |

## Sources

- e360.yale.edu: https://e360.yale.edu/features/tracking_commodities_to_save_world_forests_trase

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