Can palm oil be ethical and sustainable in Indonesia?

Lauren talks to Tania Li, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, about the sustainability of the oil that's in 50% of supermarket food products - and the issues with labour and land rights in Indonesia's palm oil industry.

Further reading: 

• Tania's books and other publications can be found on her website, taniali.org
•  Oil palm development in Thailand: economic, social and environmental considerations, by Jonas Dallinger
• Rainforest Alliance:  Our Response to the EU Regulation on Deforestation-Free Products 
• Chain Action Research:  EU Deforestation Regulation: Implications for the Palm Oil Industry and Its Financers 
• Chain Action Research:  Indonesian Moratoria: Loopholes, Lack of Sanctions Fail to Stop Palm Oil-Linked Deforestation 

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