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Expansion of oil palm plantations into forests appears to be changing local diets in Indonesia

Changing diets: Impacts of Palm Oil Plantations on Local Communities

Location

Indonesia

Released

October 2018

Duration

9:55

Tags
  • Indonesia
  • Participatory-made film
  • Partner film
  • Resource Extraction
  • Sustainable Agriculture

Subsistence livelihoods of residents of rural areas in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan are at risk from oil palm expansion, according to scientists with the Center for International Forestry Research and the University of Brawijaya.

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