UK Government insists on respect for rights in World Bank Palm Oil strategy
In response to questioning from the Forest Peoples Programme, the UK Government has affirmed that the World Bank's revised strategy on palm oil, which is still being revised, must secure community tenure and Free, Prior and Informed Consent. The Government supports legal reforms where these rights are not secure. The UK Government says it supports the temporary ban on World Bank Group funding for the sector and wants this freeze maintained until an adequate strategy has been developed and reviewed by the Board of the World Bank.
Overview
- Resource Type:
- News
- Publication date:
- 17 December 2010
- Programmes:
- Supply Chains and Trade Climate and forest policy and finance Law and Policy Reform