InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA - Researcher of ECOSOC Institute, Sri Palupi said that JTF EUDR did not involve every party in palm oil supply chain. In fact, JTF EUDR should make dialogue and confirm every process in palm oil sources.

Palupi said JTF is about to solve every worry in EUDR implementation for smallholders, become the dialogue before EUDR implements. That is why JTF needs to involve every stakeholder and basic transparent principles would be running in JTF.

“Unfortunately, in JTF first meeting, the parties impacted was not involved in” he said in a discussion that InfoSAWIT recently attended

He also proposed that every basic principle, such as, transparency, participation, inclusion, and accountability can be implemented by JTF in order not to leave particular parties behind.

“The smallholders would get the impacts from the policy. They have to be taken in order to suggest field inputs and the principles would deliver positivity,” he said.

Manager Advocacy and Campaigner of Pantau Gambut, Wahyu Perdana told that there should be four basic points why the task force was established, they are, transparency, participation, inclusivity, and accountability. The four should run well because the impacts of EUDR would not be for industries only bt also the people in palm oil supply chain.

He continued ISPO should be implemented not only by industries but also by the smallholders. (T2)

for more, please read Majalah InfoSAWIT, October 2023