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 16Time
9:00Threats 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