Brown and Jacobson 2005 Flashcards
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Brown and Jacobson
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2005
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2005
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Brown and Jacobson
3
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What did the paper look at
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how palm oil harms health, rainforest and wildlife
4
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Impacts on animals
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- loss of habitats
- tigers and elephants at risk
- if enter plantations they will be killed
- animals are pushed closer to human settlements, they may damage crops and be shot / poisoned
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Impacts on environment
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- pollute soil and water
- air pollution from forest fires
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Human impacts
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- displaces indigenous people and farmers
- ignores tribal peoples’ customary land rights
7
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Borneo
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In Borneo, many of the indigenous people displaced by oil palm plantations are forest-dwelling Dayak tribes that have lived on their ancestral forest lands for many generations.
8
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What are some potential solutions
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healthier and less harmful substitutes
