Threats of palm oil production 06/09/2016

Event date: 06 Sep 16

European Parliament, room ASP 1G2 9.00 - 12.30

Date

06 Sep 16

Time

9:00

Threats of palm oil production

9.00 - 9.15:    Opening by GUE/NGL President Gabriele Zimmer and Kateřina Konečná

9.15 - 9.30:     Screening of the movie “Palm Oil - a documentary”
        
9.30 - 10.15:    Environmental impacts of palm oil production
Chair: Kateřina Konečná, GUE/NGL MEP
Stanislav Lhota and Jakub Kvapil, Lestari, Czech Republic
Anne van Schaik, Friends of the Earth Europe,  Netherlands
Rudi Putra, HAkA, winner of Goldman Environmental prize, Indonesia
 

10.15 - 11.00:    Debate

11.00 - 11.45:    Social impacts of palm oil production
Chair: Stefan Eck, GUE/NGL MEP
Sonja Vartiala, Finnwatch, Finland
Marcus Colchester, Forrest Peoples Programme, United Kingdom
Tania Murray Li, University of Toronto, Canada

11.45 - 12.20:    Debate

12.20–12.30:    Conclusions and closure by Kateřina Konečná

For further information and registration please contact: sylva.nenickova@europarl.europa.eu