Oil Production in Indonesia

During World War II, Japanese used oil reserves and refineries in Indonesia. According to the Indonesian Petroleum Institute, "Independence after the Second World War, oil, oil fields, refineries and supplies that were occupied by Japanese invasion forces were returned to the Indonesian Government, and the new energy exploration and production in Indonesia The era has begun. " Depending on the production of petroleum and natural gas, the economy is growing very. The "National Constitution" in 1945 states that "all land, water and natural resources in Indonesia are dominated by the state and will be used for the best interests and welfare of the people."

Production of palm oil is related to habitat deterioration, abuse, abuse of indigenous people's rights. Indonesian palm oil production is considered a serious threat to about 30% of Southeast Asian mammals (saynotopalmoil.com). But the most devastating possibility is the effect of palm oil on deforestation and climate change. In Indonesia, tropical rainforests are indiscriminately harvested and burned to secure places for palm oil farms. It is estimated that deforestation accounts for 10-25% of the world's anthropogenic emissions in the 1990s and deforestation of the forest is expected to increase as the world's forest destruction of the rain forest continues (Santilli et al ., 2005).

Well, cheap production costs and growing demand for palm oil are putting pressure on palm oil producers like Indonesia to rapidly expand oil palm plantations and speed up the production process. They open their way to their farms by wiping out the vast old (and most irreplaceable) tropical rainforest. This illegal deforestation threatens the fragile rainforest ecosystem and destroys the habitats of endangered species such as orangutans, elephants and tigers.

Palm oil is extracted from the fruit of a palm tree (Elaeis guineensis) thriving in a humid climate. Most palm oil production is done in two countries, Malaysia and Indonesia. There, large tropical forests and peatlands (carbon-rich wetlands) are purified and places are available for oil palm plantation. Global warming reduces the habitat of many endangered species. The area cleaned with palm oil is especially rich in carbon. Due to carbon-rich soil, Indonesian forests have more carbon reserves per hectare from Brazilian Amazon, from 2000 to 2010 tropical land use accounts for 2% to 9% of global emissions It was. In Malaysia, the tropical forest stores up to 99 million kilograms of carbon per square mile. This is equivalent to driving a regular car from New York to San Francisco, equivalent to 76 times.