Department of Agricultural Economics: Undergraduate Research
Op-Eds from ENSC230 Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policies
Date of this Version
Fall 12-23-2017
Document Type
Editorial
Citation
Op-ed from ENSC 230. Energy and the Environment: Economics and Policy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Department of Agricultural Economics, Fall 2017
Abstract
The growing demand for palm oil generates tens of billions of dollars in revenue and employs millions in Southeast Asian countries. The story is that conserving the rainforests from palm oil production puts this economy at risk, but only because the current formula does not account for the externalities of deforestation.
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Comments
Copyright 2017, Rachel Goehring. Used by permission