SEAD (Scottish Education and Action for Development)

The explosion in demand for biofuel crops has meant massive expansion in the amount of land used for them. This has often meant that people around the world are displaced and marginalised in the rush to satisfy the market for biofuels. This has in turn contributed to global food shortages.

Palmed off

This is the first part of Palmed off, a short film by LifeMosaic based on the voices of indigenous people’s in 20 Indonesian communities. All have directly experienced the impacts of oil palm plantations taking over the land that they have lived on and worked on for generations. The community members offer testimonies on the impacts of oil palm plantations on their local economies, on the local environment, on their culture and on the prospects for the future generations. They feel it is urgent to tell their story.

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