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Indonesia Quick Profile:
Social
Impacts
Context and Background-Indonesia
Main Social Impacts –Palm oil Case:
1. Food security
Potential competition between food
and biofuel feedstock production
could cause food price rise.
2. Land Conflict
3. Biofuels-driven deforestation
Natural forests in Indonesia are being cleared so
rapidly that up to 98 percent may be destroyed by
2022 (UNEP)
Palm oil plantations are accused as a significant driver
of deforestation
50 percent of new plantations are allocated on peat
lands
(Wetlands International)
Other Problems:
- The exacerbation of social and economic divisions
within communities
- Increased migration to find labour
Context and Background-Indonesia
Urgencies:
1.Destruction of livelihoods
2.Indecent work
3.Exploitation of smallholders
4.Food Security
Main Social Impacts
1. Destruction of livelihoods