Concerns and policy change: On the track to sustainable oil palm in the Amazon?

La Rosa Salazar M.A. · Economia Agraria y Recursos Naturales (2021) · DOI: 10.7201/earn.2021.01.03

Resumen

This paper examines the influence of concerns regarding Amazon deforestation in the Peruvian oil palm policy. The research consisted of the analysis of discourses underlying oil palm policy and of related actors. The results show a paradigm change influenced by the referred concerns. This influence occurred presumably through oil palm farmers, who led a recent policy’s update process while promoting their insertion to green markets. The results also present the absolute necessity of including indigenous peoples in oil palm policy and other policies in the Peruvian Amazon.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina