Question 6GS1GS1
Describing the distribution of palm oil producing countries, throw light on major environmental issues faced by them.
Introduction
Palm oil is used in industrial process, cosmetics and as edible oil in FMCG sector making it important.
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Main Body
Distribution of palm oil(1) Equatorial region: ASEAN palm oil producers in equatorial regions (2) Malaysia Indonesia cleared large tracks of rainforest for oil palm plantation (3) Requires abundant rainfall: windfall example, preum named (4) Primarily in equatorial regions: Indonesia India – North East or Andaman's Nicobar island (5) Well connected ports/infrastructure facilitiessupply chain to marketsChina, India. India is merely dependent of Malaysia & Indonesia for oil palm imports amounting to almost US$0.1. Environmental issues: (1) Large scale deforestation – clearing evergreen rainforest for plantation (2) Destruction of habitat of endangered speciesRhinos (Suam) – extinct orangutan, Monitors & Lizards & increased man-animal conflict. (3) Water questing worst – oil needs of oil palmchemicals & pesticides & soil degradation & rainforest. (4) Once cleared evergreen forest takes long time to regrow due to poor quality soil in evergreen forest. (5) Oil palm monoculture – susceptible to pest attack diseases due to many global warming & sea level.
Environmental issues continuation: (1) Large scale deforestation – clearing evergreen rainforest for plantation. (2) Destruction of habitat of endangered speciesRhinos (Suam) – extinct orangutan, Monitors & Lizards & increased man-animal conflict. (3) Water questing worst – oil needs of oil palmchemicals & pesticides & soil degradation & rainforest. (4) Once cleared evergreen forest takes long time to regrow due to poor quality soil in evergreen forest. (5) Oil palm monoculture – susceptible to pest attack diseases due to many global warming & sea level.
253 words1 paragraphs
Conclusion
Oil palm has multiple negative externalities for environment, need to find alternatives.
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Diagram
Distribution of palm oil diagram with branching structure showing equatorial regions, Malaysia, Indonesia, and supply chain to China, India
- Good coverage of distribution patterns with specific geographic examples
- Comprehensive identification of environmental issues
- Clear enumeration of problems like deforestation, habitat destruction, pest susceptibility
- Mention of supply chain and India's dependency
Topper
Aditya Acharya
AIR 962024
Subject & Paper
GS1GS1
Topic
Resource Distribution & Industries
Vegetations
Palm oil production and distribution
Writing Stats
283
Total words
1
Paragraphs
analytical and structured
Tone