How can we support migrant workers in the #palmoil supply chain? – live chat Weds 17 Feb 10am GMT
by Tess Riley from on (#12H51)
Join a panel of experts online on Wednesday 17 February 10am GMT to discuss how to improve the working conditions and livelihoods of migrant workers
- Watch our short animation: how to clean up the murky world of palm oil
The story of palm oil is also one of migrant labour. When the Dutch first introduced oil palms to south-east Asia, by far the world's largest producer of palm oil today, they also brought migrants from India and China to cultivate the plantations.
Fast forward 150 years and the region also employs workers from countries including Nepal, Thailand, the Philippines, Burma, Cambodia, Bangladesh, Pakistan and Vietnam. According to Pablo Pacheco, principal scientist at the Center for International Forestry Research, the palm oil industry would not be possible without migrant labour.
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