Politics of Palm Oil Harm

Hanneke Mol is a Research Fellow in Environmental Justice at Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. She is co-editor of the books: Environmental Crime in Latin America: The Theft of Nature and the Poisoning of the Land (Palgrave, 2017) and Introducción a la Criminología Verde: Conceptos para nuevos horizontes y diálogos socioambientales (Fondo Editorial de la Universidad Antonio Nariño, 2017).

“This book is essential reading for any understanding of one of the biggest challenges to the world’s ecological sustainability. … this book remains a critical and central basis for understanding palm oil, from its globalized power to its local harms.” (Mark Ungar, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, July, 2019)

• 1. Introduction.- 2. The Play of Power in the Politics of Harm.- 3. Palm Oil in Colombia: National and Local Context.- 4. Colombia’s Contested Grounds.- 5. Preparing the Ground: Discourses, Mechanisms, and Impacts.- 6. Reaping the Fruits.- 7. Conclusion: to Miss the Forest for the Trees?.- Annex: List of Interviews and Site Visits.