Southeast Asia: Palm Oil And Indigenous Peoples In South East Asia

Southeast Asia: Palm Oil And Indigenous Peoples In South East Asia Marcus Colchester, 2011   Rapid expansion of oil palm estates in Southeast Asia is being driven by rising global demand for edible oils and biofuels. Two countries – Malaysia and Indonesia – dominate world production. The characteristics of the crop encourage large-scale monocropping. Industry requirements for extensive tracts of land are overwhelming weak governance and legal regimes, which provide little protection of...

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