Palm oil production in Peru has more than doubled in the past decade around Ucayali region. The entire region labelled as a “hotspot for cultivation on the border with Brazil” now is the reason for the country’s second-highest rate of forest loss. The production is also complicit in the loss of indigenous homes and lands. It’s estimated that about 30% of the country’s palm plantations are on illegally deforested land. Half of the oil is sent to international markets. A major buyer of the produce is PepsiCo. According to CCCA’s new analysis, PepsiCo manufactures at least 15 products that contain Peruvian palm oil refined in Mexico, Brazil and Nicaragua – among them Doritos, Cheetos, Lays, Sunbite and Gatorade. Read full story on Mongobay
Pepsi, Palm Oil, Deforestation And Indigenous People
Attribution: Samrat Bharadwaj