绿党说，政府应采取紧急行动，以禁止进口棕榈仁排出者和棕榈仁餐。

“本周早些时候，我们很高兴看到新西兰与其他100多个国家一起加入，以保护和恢复世界各地的森林。现在采取行动将使这一承诺有意义。禁止棕榈仁排出者的进口是政府为实现这一目标所做的最重要的贡献之一。”绿党农业发言人Teanau Tuiono说。

Palm Kernel Expeller (PKE) is a by-product of palm oil refining, commonly used as supplementary feed for dairy farms. New Zealand is the biggest importer of PKE in the world.

The manufacture of PKE overseas contributes to illegal and unsustainable rainforest destruction, which contributes to climate change. PKE then makes a further contribution to climate change when it arrives in New Zealand as it provides cheap feed for intensive farming in Aotearoa.

“森林支持生命的巨大多样性 - 从依靠它们的生计的土著社区到那里发现的数百万植物和野生动植物，再到它们确实吸收了我们在大气中施加的气候污染的工作。然而，在世界各地，这些宝贵的生态系统正在以惊人的速度消失。

“以前的政府允许PKE的进口继续保持不足，这不仅有助于破坏雨林来创造棕榈种植园，而且激励了牲畜农场维持比当地种植的饲料来源所能提供的更高数量的牛的牛 - 两者都有为气候危机做出了巨大贡献。

“Last week,纳什部长告诉议会Damien O’Connor代表农业部长表示，新西兰将不支持导致在海外非法活动的PKE进口。现在，随着有100多个国家承诺保护和恢复世界各地的森林，它可以进一步迈出一步，而禁止PKE一起进口。

“This is no time for half measures. By signing the Declaration on Forest Land Use, New Zealand, as a major consumer of deforestation-linked products like PKE, has committed to doing what it can to protect forest ecosystems. This is a great step forward. Now the Government must put its money where its mouth is and stop the use of PKE in New Zealand for good,” says Teanau Tuiono.

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