The Palm oil controversy in Southeast Asia: a transnational perspective

"This engaged and vital edited volume brings together the varied viewpoints of academics, consultants and activists all concerned with the astonishing expansion of palm oil as a globally traded commodity. It reveals how this complex, contested and controversial expression of globalization trans...

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Other Authors: Pye, Oliver 1968- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ISEAS Publishing 2013
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Summary:"This engaged and vital edited volume brings together the varied viewpoints of academics, consultants and activists all concerned with the astonishing expansion of palm oil as a globally traded commodity. It reveals how this complex, contested and controversial expression of globalization transcends narrow national and sectoral interests, stimulating a transnational exchange of goods, capital and labour, as well as laws, norms, values and even understanding. Compelling, readable and insightful, the study shows that corporate responses to civil societys concerns about palm oils role in global warming, human rights abuses, land grabbing and biodiversity loss, now need to be complemented by legal, regulatory and governance reforms to be effective." - Marcus Colchester, Director, Forest Peoples Programme
Item Description:Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Nov 2015)
Physical Description:1 online resource (xxi, 283 pages)
ISBN:9789814311458