Indigenous Rights Abuse
“A total of 45 million people suffer from land ownership and destruction problems against the various palm oil companies.”
Creation of plantations may severely hurt some people’s source of income. For instance, people who depend on these forests for their income are forced to become plantation workers to make money.
“The impacts on conflict-palm oil directly affect 27% of the Indonesian population who rely on the forests for their livelihoods.”
Creation of plantations may severely hurt some people’s source of income. For instance, people who depend on these forests for their income are forced to become plantation workers to make money.
“The impacts on conflict-palm oil directly affect 27% of the Indonesian population who rely on the forests for their livelihoods.”
The graph to the left shows the amount of acres that different categories of people own. Initially, there were many more government invested plots of land, but now, the private sector invested plots are much greater. Both the smallholders and private sector investments are typically unsustainable since they are not developed by the government. As the years continue, sustainable palm oil is still being produced at a much lower rate than unsustainable palm oil.
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Name two negative effects that the palm oil industry has on Indonesia.