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I thought palm oil was already one of the most efficient oils in terms of land and water usage? And can be grown in sustainable areas. Surely the issue isn't t
by ChrisRR 6y ago
I thought palm oil was already one of the most efficient oils in terms of land and water usage? And can be grown in sustainable areas.
Surely the issue isn't the oil itself, but that poor farmers are seeing the rainforest as free farm land and will cut it down to make a profit.
If you replace one oil with another, won't poor farmers still do the same?
- neurostimulant 6y agoMost of palm oil plantations here in Indonesia are owned by large corporations. The "poor farmers" who till their own land usually plant rice, fruits, veggies, coffee, cacao or spices instead, and their farmland is actually close to their villages instead of deep within the cut-down rainforest.