Trading Fat for Forests: On Palm Oil, Tropical Forest Conservation, and Rational Consumption

Trading Fat for Forests: On Palm Oil, Tropical Forest Conservation, and Rational Consumption

The longstanding butter vs margarine debate has recently become more complex as the links between margarine, industrial palm oil plantations, and tropical deforestation are made increasingly clear. Yet despite calls for consumers to get informed and take responsibility for tropical deforestation by...

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Main Author: Cindy Isenhour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Conservation & Society
Subjects:
rational choice
consumption
neoliberalism
margarine
palm oil
deforestation
biodiversity conservation
Scandinavia
Online Access:http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2014;volume=12;issue=3;spage=257;epage=267;aulast=Isenhour

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http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2014;volume=12;issue=3;spage=257;epage=267;aulast=Isenhour

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