Overview
CASE STUDY: Palm Oil
Review the Powerpoint, Info sheet, or course information provide. Then combine
that with some independent research to answer the following questions. Your
responses should provide sufficient descriptive details to demonstrate your
understanding in your own words. Responses should be in complete sentences
written in standard English. Do not provide a significant portion of any answer in
quotations.
1) What are th1e negative aspects of monoculture (e.g., an area only planted with
palm rather than a forest with diversity)? Name and describe two.
2) How are carbon emissions related to the rise in palm oil plantations? Are there
any actions that can be implemented within the Palm Oil plantations to decrease
this?
3) What biome are palm oil plantations largely replacing? What will it take to
restore them?
4) What is the RSPO as it relates to palm oil? Describe the organization, its actions
and goals.
5) Name and describe 2 reasons why Boycotting of Palm Oil is not a solution.
6) Provide citation references for all sources utilized for this assignment, in MLA
format.
Include access dates. Make sure to use verifiable sources. Wikipedia is not an
acceptable
resource.