A new film, Appetite for Destruction: The Palm Oil Diaries, looks at some of the consequences of that expansion. This
Oil palm plantations are rapidly mushrooming throughout the tropics. A new film, Appetite for Destruction: The Palm Oil

Particularly focusing on palm oil production, the pollution resulting from these monocultures spreads across various countries
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Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing demands on land between agriculture (SDG
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Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing demands on land between agriculture (SDG
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Oil palm is also implicated in peatland draining and burning in Southeast Asia. Documented negative environmental
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Here, we discuss palm oil production and consumption trends and review environmental, economic, and social
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Growth of commercial plantations in Southeast Asia and recent expansions in Africa and Latin America have led to a
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Expansion of oil palm plantations is under intense public scrutiny as it causes tropical deforestation and biodiversity
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Explore the environmental implications of palm oil production, including deforestation, biodiversity loss, and climate change.
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Few developments generate as much controversy as the rapid expansion of oil palm into forest-rich developing countries such as
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Expansion of oil palm plantations is under intense public scrutiny as it causes tropical deforestation and biodiversity
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The ongoing expansion of oil palm plantations in the humid tropics, especially in Southeast Asia, is generating
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The emerging themes in the evolution of sustainable palm oil in Southeast Asia include a greater recognition of the
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Lausanne/Switzerland — Indonesia and Malaysia together account for nearly 85 %
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Conclusions To reduce the adverse impacts of the continued expansion of oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia,
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Photo courtesy of Go Forth Films. Most of the attention around palm oil production has focused on where the crop has the largest
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This book is the sixth in a series of reports published by the Forest Peoples Programme and SawitWatch, and other partners, about
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The relation between palm oil and deforestation Palm oil plantations have emerged as a significant driver of deforestation,
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Palm oil, a versatile commodity found in countless products, has become a cornerstone of Southeast Asian
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The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations in Southeast Asia prompts significant debate over its environmental and economic
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The rapid growth in palm oil production to feed global demands for edible oils and biofuels is causing serious social
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New Constellations of Social Power: States and Transnational Private Governance of Palm Oil Sustainability
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The government should prohibit the expansion of oil palm plantations into the peat and primary forests as well as
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As the world’s most widely used vegetable oil, palm oil also has a far-reaching economic and social
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The increased focus on sustainability has led to the development of certification schemes such as RSPO (Roundtable
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The ongoing expansion of oil palm plantations in the humid tropics, especially in Southeast Asia, is generating considerable concern
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Relevance to climate change impacts on oil palm productivity, physiology, biotic/abiotic stresses, or ecosystem
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Particularly focusing on palm oil production, the pollution resulting from these monocultures spreads across various countries
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The emerging themes in the evolution of sustainable palm oil in Southeast Asia include a greater recognition of the
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Palm oil is the most used edible oil source in the world, found in around 50% of everyday
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Indonesia has surpassed Malaysia as the world's leading palm oil producer. The palm oil industry employs over 570,000 people
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