Reducing negative impacts of palm oil plantations
Release Date 24 June 2013. Harmful environmental and social impacts of palm oil plantations in the developing world could be minimised by buffer zones around towns and villages; protection of areas with high ecosystem value and effective consultation with local communities.
Harmful environmental and social impacts of palm oil plantations in the developing world could be minimised by buffer zones around towns and villages; protection of
Environmental and social impacts of oil palm plantations
To reduce the negative impacts and trade-offs of oil palm plantations and maximize their economic potential, government decision makers need to restrict the use of forested land for plantation development, enforce existing regulations on concession allocation and environmental management, improve monitoring of labor practices, recognize
Palm oil is tainted by environmental destruction and poor working conditions but global production is soaring. What does the industry look like behind the scenes?
Impacts of the palm oil industry SPOTT.org
These pages look at the various impacts of the palm oil industry on people’s health and social well-being, as well as the natural environment and global economy. Impacts can occur at all stages of the supply chain, from the production of palm oil in the tropics, to its use in products manufactured and consumed across the...
ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF PALM OIL EXPANSION IN INDONESIA Given that global land area for agriculture is limited (Tilman et al., 2001), the rapid expansion of the oil palm industry comes at the expense of other cropland, secondary forest, and native tropical forest. Most (96%) of palm oil production occurs on the island
Palmed Off: The human impacts of palm oil expansion
Given the negative social and environmental impacts of oil palm, Sawit Watch demands reform of the Indonesian oil palm plantation system and a re-think of plantation expansion plans. " Abetnego Tarigan, Deputy Director, Sawit Watch “This report shows that as well as being bad for the environment, biofuels from palm oil are a disaster for people. MEPs should listen to the evidence and use the
Moreover, certification was mostly adopted in older plantations that contained little remaining forest. Broader adoption by oil palm growers is likely needed for certification to have a large impact on total forest area lost to oil palm expansion.
Palm oil environmental issues stressed amid negative
Joining the wave of what the industry has described as a negative campaign against palm oil, three documentaries on oil palm plantations have been released and two of them have garnered
For each sample country, we examined the recent history (1989–2013) of expansion in oil palm plantation area and the degree to which it was associated with deforestation for oil palm plantations. Fig 4 shows the trends in two metrics relative to their 2013 value: the total area of oil palm plantation FAO reports (open circle) and the percent deforested in our sample plantation (solid triangle).