2: What you didn't know about the Environment- Palm Oil and Malaysian Wildfires

Welcome to What You Didn’t Know About the Environment! A podcast where hosts Lotte Turnbull and Saoirse Jackson dive into environmental and climate change issues that may not be featured in the main headlines of the news. They aim to make the sometimes overwhelming concept of climate change more accessible whilst also exploring how it may relate to other issues such as neocolonialism and intragenerational equity. In this second episode Lotte and Saoirse discuss palm oil and the effects their plantations have on the environment both globally and at a regional scale in Malaysia. They are joined by Dr Thomas Smith who discusses more about this topic and why palm oil plantations should be an area of concern. He also discusses global policies that may help combat this issue such as the RSPO and REDD+ programme (we will dive into these policies in a bit more detail too). Lastly Dr Thomas Smith discusses what you can do yourself to help tackle this issue!Any feedback or any suggestions on issues you would like us to cover! Please get in touch with [email protected] and we’ll do our best to cover anything you would like us to! Produced and Hosted by Lotte Turnbull and Saoirse JacksonEdited by Lotte TurnbullCover Art by Mithalina Binte Mohammad TabidMusic by Coma-Media, Pixabay Music