Talk:Lentis/Oil Palm Plantations

Potential sources (or at least they give us an idea of things we can look for):
 * https://www.ucsusa.org/resources/palm-oil
 * Criticizes RSPO for not regulating heavily enough
 * Only protects primary forests, not secondary, disturbed, regenerating forests
 * Doesn't fully protect Peatlants (see below)
 * Argues that FDA ban on artificial trans fat can increase demand for palm oil as an alternative
 * Ban was originally planned for 2018, but has been moved to 2020 at the moment
 * https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/gcb.12635
 * Claims that Indonesian forests rival Amazon forest in terms of carbon emissions
 * Might be useful to talk about why deforestation from Palm Oil Plantation is important
 * https://www.worldwildlife.org/industries/palm-oil
 * http://humanityunited.org/pdfs/Modern_Slavery_in_the_Palm_Oil_Industry.pdf
 * https://rspo.org/files/download/6af742e8d301975
 * http://indofoodagri.listedcompany.com/misc/sr2016.pdf
 * https://www.fda.gov/food/food-additives-petitions/trans-fat
 * Trans-fats being phased out in US could increase demand of Palm Oil
 * https://www.rainforest-rescue.org/topics/palm-oil
 * NPO who focuses on deforestation effects of palm oil. According to their page, in EU majority of palm oil is used as fuel
 * https://www-pnas-org.proxy01.its.virginia.edu/content/116/38/19193.full
 * Recent paper on how palm oil plantations limitations might not affect deforestation that much
 * Also discusses how regulation may be less effective when considering how it interacts with global markets
 * https://www.researchgate.net/publication/227694185_Page_SE_Rieley_JO_and_Banks_CJ_Global_and_regional_importance_of_the_tropical_peatland_carbon_pool_Glob_Change_Biol
 * Peatlands- swampy land below forests (hold 18-28 times more carbon than forests above them; need to fact-check this stat)
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agSkTJKCfRE
 * Documentary video which discusses how indigenous groups are affected by palm oil production/farming

Thoughts (without having done too much research yet):
 * Could there be some colonialism here like with the cobalt miners?
 * there is a lot to look into with deforestation and labor rights
 * food vs fuel? Maybe this does not fall into plantations

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What I want to write about next (and some useful sources?): General STS: --- Manifest and latent functions? For example, look into the the reasons pepsico and other companies say they cut ties with unsustainable palm oil.... however, also look into the petitions for these companies to do so. Manifest: sustainability/good practices... latent: customers?
 * petitions from consumers for sustainable palm oil
 * the abuse of palm oil workers is still prevalent. Palm oil is being taken out of indonesia and the companies that use/sell it are making the big bucks while the workers face low wages and poor conditions. This is modern day colonialism at work.
 * Earning little with business size... colonialism: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2016/11/key-facts-about-palm-oil/

Ss3fg (discuss • contribs) 03:19, 1 November 2019 (UTC)

--- Look into how deforestation has affected wild fires in Indonesia --Kml9pw (discuss • contribs) 18:49, 9 November 2019 (UTC) --- Environmental link: https://www.spott.org/palm-oil-resource-archive/impacts/environmental/

Social link: https://www.spott.org/palm-oil-resource-archive/impacts/social/

Rcr4eh (discuss • contribs) 17:58, 9 November 2019 (UTC)