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Seorang pekerja Malaysia memanen buah sawit dari sebuah perkebunan di semenanjung Malaysia, Rabu, 6 Maret 2019. Meskipun masalah ketenagakerjaan sebagian besar telah diabaikan, dampak buruk minyak sawit terhadap lingkungan telah dikecam selama bertahun-tahun. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

August 1, 2023

Mitos efisiensi perkebunan sawit: Merugikan Indonesia dan memperparah ketimpangan

Tania Li, University of Toronto and Pujo Semedi, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Minyak kelapa sawit digunakan di separuh produk yang dijual di supermarket global. Mayoritasnya berasal dari Indonesia dan ditanam di perkebunan yang tidak efisien, tapi menempati lahan sangat luas.

A Malaysian worker harvests palm fruits from a plantation in peninsular Malaysia, on Wednesday, March 6, 2019. Though labour issues have largely been ignored, the punishing effects of palm oil on the environment have been decried for years. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe)

July 27, 2023

Palm oil: The myth of corporate plantation efficiency is failing Indonesians and furthering inequality

Tania Li, University of Toronto and Pujo Semedi, Universitas Gadjah Mada

Palm oil is used in half the products sold in global supermarkets. Much of the oil comes from Indonesia where it is grown on plantations that are relatively inefficient, but occupy huge areas of land.

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