4. Can monitoring and self-regulation by industry groups like the Roundtable effectively address environmental issues, or will outside pressure always be needed? Was Greenpeace's right to act as it did, or should it have tried to work with the companies in question?

5. Preventing deforestation is important, but once previously forested land has been cleared, whether six months ago or sixty years ago, is there anything wrong about using it to produce palm oil now?

6. Used as a biofuel, palm oil reduces our dependence on petroleum. How do we balance that against deforestation?

7. Developing countries like Indonesia are responding to increased demand for palm oil by Western consumers. Is it fair to the producer nations to insist that they restrict the expansion of this industry?"