Brian Dahle voted Nay (Passage With Amendment) on this Legislation.
Title: Requires Companies that Produce Forest-Risk Commodities Maintain a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation Policy
Title: Requires Companies that Produce Forest-Risk Commodities Maintain a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation Policy
Vote to concur with Senate amendments and pass a bill that requires companies that produce forest-risk commodities such as palm oil, cattle, soy, rubber, paper/pulp, and timber maintain a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) policy.
Requires companies that produce the following forest-risk commodities maintain a “No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation” (NDPE) policy, including (Sec. 2):
Palm oil;
Cattle;
Soy;
Rubber;
Paper or pulp; and
Timber.
Defines “peat” as soil rich in organic matter composed of partially decomposed plant materials equal to or greater than 40 centimeters of the top 100 centimeters of soil (Sec. 2).
Requires companies that produce the aforementioned products certify that their operations are not linked to tropical forest destruction and degradation or abuses of indiginious peoples’ rights (Sec. 2).
Defines “ tropical forest” as a natural ecosystem within the tropics containing native species composition, structure, and ecological function, with a tree canopy cover of more than 10 percent over an area of .5 hectares and specifies that no tree plantation shall be included (Sec. 2).
Defines “tropical deforestation” as direct human-induced conversion of tropical forest to agriculture, a tree plantation, or other non forest land use, or severe and sustained degradation of tropical forest resulting in significant intact forest loss or a profound charge in species composition, structure, or ecological function of that forest (Sec. 2).
Title: Requires Companies that Produce Forest-Risk Commodities Maintain a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation Policy
Vote to amend and pass a bill that requires companies that produce forest-risk commodities such as palm oil, cattle, soy, rubber, paper/pulp, and timber maintain a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation (NDPE) policy.
Requires companies that produce the following forest-risk commodities maintain a “No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation” (NDPE) policy, including (Sec. 2):
Palm oil;
Cattle;
Soy;
Rubber;
Paper or pulp; and
Timber.
Defines “peat” as soil rich in organic matter composed of partially decomposed plant materials equal to or greater than 40 centimeters of the top 100 centimeters of soil (Sec. 2).
Requires companies that produce the aforementioned products certify that their operations are not linked to tropical forest destruction and degradation or abuses of indiginious peoples’ rights (Sec. 2).
Defines “ tropical forest” as a natural ecosystem within the tropics containing native species composition, structure, and ecological function, with a tree canopy cover of more than 10 percent over an area of .5 hectares and specifies that no tree plantation shall be included (Sec. 2).
Defines “tropical deforestation” as direct human-induced conversion of tropical forest to agriculture, a tree plantation, or other non forest land use, or severe and sustained degradation of tropical forest resulting in significant intact forest loss or a profound charge in species composition, structure, or ecological function of that forest (Sec. 2).
Title: Requires Companies that Produce Forest-Risk Commodities Maintain a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation Policy
Title: Requires Companies that Produce Forest-Risk Commodities Maintain a No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation Policy