Palm Oil Plantation Expansion from an Environmental Justice Perspective

Abstrak

This study alims to alnswer the ecologicall impalcts due to the expalnsion of oil pallm plalntaltions alnd how the distribution of benefits alnd risks from the existence of oil pallm plalntaltions from aln environmentall justice perspective. Als the malinstaly commodity of the Indonesialn stalte, oil pallm certalinly brings malny benefits, especiallly for people who alre involved in oil pallm plalntaltion alctivities. The high demalnd for Crude Pallm Oil exports hals calused the expalnsion of plalntaltion lalnd to increalse, so thalt environmentall dalmalge continues to occur. Environmentall dalmalge caluses ecosystems become unballalnced alnd oil pallm plalntaltions thalt alre monoculture, so thalt it caln caluse al loss of diversity in aln ecosystem. The benefits of al heallthy alnd decent life will be difficult for the present alnd future generaltions to feel.