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Planet palm: how palm oil ended up in everything—and endangered the world

2021; Oxford University Press; Volume: 97; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/ia/iiab099

1468-2346

Danielle Mendes Thame Denny,

Oil Palm Production and Sustainability

The main purpose of Jocelyn C. Zuckerman's book is to build awareness of the drawbacks of a product that became ubiquitous despite creating massive social, environmental and corruption problems. Zuckerman shows that palm oil stands centre stage in ‘the Global Syndemic: the combined twenty-first-century crises of obesity, malnutrition, and climate change’ (p. 17). Her book unveils the linkages between apparently innocent daily products, for instance Nutella and soap, and major problems such as deforestation, pollution, diseases and human exploitation, as well as historical atrocities including slavery, colonial land grabs, biopiracy and monopolistic imperialism. Planet palm is the outcome of years of fearless journalistic reporting about the palm oil global production chain. The book aims to educate readers not only about the intricate economic, political and historical reality of palm oil but also about the complexities of reporting on it. As the author shows, the industry has a strong hold on...