The Devastating Effects Of The World's Palm Oil Addiction 

This is just too depressing. When the Government is for sale to the highest bidder, the people lose all their Rights.

I think corruption is just as universal a language as math.

This is the type of information that should be in the US mainstream media. It would (and will) influence my decisions when purchasing products which contain palm oil. It’s disheartening when I discover how badly people are suffering over product ingredients which I simply take for granted. If the demand for these products reduces, so will the suffering and injustice for these people.

Always look for who gets benifited the most. Question everything before you accept anything . This is a war between rich and poor .

Since the 1600's the Dutch East India Company has been doing this to these people with the spice trades. All the money built Amsterdam, London and other cities incredible wealth: tourist destinations to this day.

Most of snacks in the supermarket contain palm oil, this stuff is everywhere. Reading the ingredient list is a must

the conversation with the poor man really hit me, it really show how powerless and impotent they are with all the pressure from the big company and their own government

“Forest is home to Gods. From it, we get everything”. Enough said!

The greed of man knows no morality nor boundaries. Greed's existence has shaped our world and will continue on as long as man exists or enlightenment is found.

First they Steal their Forrest then they Starv them and Force them to Slave for them ...Its Sickening..!!

We are not addicted to it - Big Business is. It is imposed on us.

*Capitalism on steroids.* We can all do something. I stopped buying cookies that have palm oil in them, for example.

Land clearing for palm oil. Land clearing for oil. Land clearing for diamonds. Land clearing for gold. Land clearing for gas. Land clearing for precious stones. Land clearing for coal. Land clearing for farming. Land clearing for development. Land clearing for infrastructure. Land clearing for rubber plantations. It will never end in our lifetime. The law of supply and demand will not allow it.

I live in Southern Malaysia and tons of trees are chopped down for palm oils. Check out satellite image of GUNUNG PULAI - they are clearing lands again. Please save the orang utans, monkeys and beautiful animals living there..

And it's in everything! I have an allergy to it and it's extremely difficult to avoid.

WWF is a world leader in promoting palm oil...and folks think they are a conservation organization...

Journeymen TV strikes again with an epic documentary

Human Greed knows no bounds, I wish I could send the farmer at 16:30 some money or something

Is there a foundation or charity I can support to get behind this? Thanks

Boycotting Palm oil in consumer goods is not enough. Consumers must reach out to companies through social media, websites, emails and let them know why you will no longer support their product and why so called sustainable palm oil is not a good alternative either. It’s vital companies hear from consumers.

I make sure it's never listed in the ingredients of any food I buy. It not hard buying different brands of peanut butter or nutella etc. Most cookies have it, too.

The problem is not the palm oil itself. It's the greed of those corporations and the greed of the farmers themselves too. And the government also turning a blind eye over what's happening. But still the one with the bigger role to play is the government. If those companies did what they're doing in Europe or America, they'd already be insolvent right now paying all the fines.

The rich get richer the poor get poorer .how fair is that?????

Journeyman TV, why sentence your vulnerable sources to imminent death by exposing their identities? This kind of behavior by media people is not responsible. Your story loses its value when you casually and recklessly expose poor, vulnerable people to the threats of powerful corporations and politicians. Someone could easily go 'get' them. The least you can do is cover their faces and identifiable features and clothes. I thought 'protection of your sources' was part of professional journalism. Please do not add to their woes. They gave you information for free. Don't make them pay with their lives for doing so.

Living in the US I've never heard about the scale of use of Palm oil. It is very sad that a wonderful natural resource can be turned into a environmental and societal disaster. Money is the root of all evil.

stop this! stop it now.. I realize the worlds need for food production but someone should take CHARGE of​ all these horrible actions. LEAVE THE TREES ALONE. KEEP THE FORREST. C

I didn't know that the World Wrestling Federation was involved in the palm oil business.

Consumers aren't the ones addicted to Palm oil. It's the corporations adding it processed food that we never asked for to save a dollar.

The black smoke coming out of the palm oil factory at 19:49 tells me that it probably isn't very environmentally friendly.

To the independent farmer... Sir I feel your pain 😔 I can see that you're a good man. Jesus loves you and I'm praying that you get a better life for you and your family. I respect you.

it makes me sick the world is getting completely destroyed and next to nothing is done about it

the police, your friend and protector ....... "of the rich"

People of Indonesia should arm themselves and rise up against corrupted government and chase out all corporations.

I use ONLY organic, sustainable sourced palm oil products. Currently, I have no foods or products with any labled palm oil in my home. I wish I learned about this years earlier

I cant believe this is what happening there.. for such long time I'm so jealous and amazed of indonesia and malaysia because of their palm oil and the money it gives to them. I'm from the Philippines btw and our land can't grow palm trees maybe in the south part maybe.

This is really sad to see... When the farmers want to protect the environment and the government and officials who should be doing instead are the one destroying it. Education on the dark side...

We must become aware that we know what we eat. Most of the people do not even bother to look at the ingredients. Oh and in addition, not all ingredients are always on the label .. Very sad.

I love your channel. Please make more videos

replacing with other plant-based oils actually worsens the process of deforestation, because palm oil is the most efficient in land use compared to the production of other vegetable oils.

Poor people 😢 Money is controlling the world.

Sugar cane fields would work in the swampy parts. Alcohol can be destilled from the cane juice.

Thanks for the info 👍

Literally next vacation I might have to skip Mexico and visit the rainforest before they cut it all down

This is tragic to watch, especially because one must realize when seeing this that no matter where one lives, this will affect a neighborhood nearby sooner than one might think. Given that the local governments are not providing any sort of legal or other redress to the landowners; that the gov'ts are subsidizing the price of palm oil, and that several international companies are profiting handsomely from this ongoing process, one might well wonder when we will start to see an exodus of economic refugees from this area of the world joining the current flood. At a yield of over 10K lbs/acre, and a lifespan of 25 years, the profit potential that drives this process is not going to subside in the near future.

Probably why every thing seems to give me heartburn these days

I'm from Indian state of Punjab,, here intensive agricultural practices are in use, water table is falling by 1.20 meters in a year and all the banned Fungicide, weedicide and insecticides that are strictly prohibited in western world are freely used without any hesitation. It's so amusing to see the interviewer asking the illiterate palm oil farmer questions about sustainable agricultural practices. How come when advanced economies of western world are out to exploit the whole of rest of the world just to keep their engines running. Alas! This planet will be inhabitable in the next 50 years. No survivors.

Nothing can stop this!!God bless 🙏🙏

I want to quote some of this. Do you have a reference list?

Hi! I would like to ask for your permission to use a tiny segment in this video (less than 15 seconds) to be included in my video? It is for my study purposes. I anticipated to see your reply and I hope I get your consent. Thank you so much!

I would like to donate to the farmer that needs 20 dollars to get fertilizer. How can I reach them?

That was in 2018, four years ago and things at least in Malaysia are changing......But palm oil is still not a good crop for smallholders unless cultivated with intercropping for food and alternative cash revenue streams. To expect world demand for palm oil can be reduced is delusional.

THANKS FOR SHARING!!!!

3 months, imagine having to live in smoke for 3 months 9,000 dead and so many more permanently effected

Here in Canada, canola oil is used more often in many cases. Still, palm oil is ever present.

Is this still going on ?

Journeyman, You Did *VERY WELL* job, half of it it's true, but in my experience, there is some other variable that causes these farmer problems. When we said that they barely made it daily because low wage/low paid it's doesn't just that simple, there is some variable like they spend money on cigarettes/tuak (coconut fermentation drink). Safety equipment it's not something that they can't afford to buy requirement safety but they just don't want to make it more complicated, they aren't comfortable using this equipment (I talk about farmer outside the Company employee) so they end ed up not using proper equipment. RSPO certified? Hell No, this is far from what you Europeans expect. *In palm oil farm except for big company like Wilmar etc, I can guarantee you that even the PRIVATE OWNER FARM still never heard about RSPO certification.* In 22:51 "I don't know anything, I just want to sell", this is 100% true. I'm not saying this is right but they don't have the education and the profit are not that much so they could spend on high quality or certification rules. Otherwise Journeyman thanks so much for this documentation, gives me different side point of view now.

Developed countries will always have something negative to report especially when it comes to agro products that can only be produced in the developing world and not in their own countries. First it was natural rubber, then palm oil, followed by cocoa and coffee, and shrimp, talapia....what's next? Cashews? Avacodos? Salmon? These developing countries are trying to improve the living conditions for their people. Give them a chance to catch up.

Imagine how beautiful Earth would have been without humans. With humans, Earth is not a perfect design.

Thats why I would use Rice Bran Oil. But palm in so many products when I lived in S.E.Asia.

Our family reads ingredients lists. We AVOID palm oil containing products, because we do not believe such to be healthy.

Air Pollution levels were 3000% above the threatening legal limit ?? Indonesia is such a beautiful country, insha allah things will get better for the Indonesian people.

Indonesian and Malaysia is biggest country that produce palm oil... But Malaysia didnt give any problem with that.. didnt give haze to their neighbour country... Indonesia should learn how Malaysia handle its Palm oil plantation... embargo from EU not just effect Indonesia.. but also Malaysia... its not fair..

We all must start to say no to Palm OIL. Or at least stop the destruction of the forest to cultivate more palm oil trees. Chose your products and say NO to Palm Oil in the industry and in the Fuel.

Palm oil also employs over 2 million people and allows them to educate their children for the first time in generations. There are always 2 sides to the coin. I prioritize people especially children first.

Thanks for the share Journey Pics

Today I was shopping and picked up a packet of biscuits. As usual I read the list of ingredients any noticed it contained palm oil. I put the biscuits back on the shelf. These people would not have a problem if we don't buy products cotaining plm oil.

thank you this very helpful for my geography assignment

He said "tenaga asing" literally means foreigners, and you didn't even bother translating what he said correctly. Journeyman Pictures, I am disappointed watching you slowly become the likes of CNN and Vice.

saya orang indonesia asli yg hidup dilingkungan perkebunan sawit. seharusnya anda mewawancarai banyak petani yang makmur hidupnya dikarenakan perkebunan sawit ini biar lebih adil. terimakasih

The problem is Indonesia...not palm oil....many other countries produce palm oil and don't behave this way to the people and environment.

Palm oil itself is not the problem, it's the unsustainable practices these people are using that's the problem. If the industry used more sustainable practices, it may increase the price $1 per bottle, but it would be worth it.

this video such as black campaign for Palm oil..FYI there's a trade war between Palm oil and any other vegetable oil such as sunflower oil ,soybean oil etc.. if we compare Palm oil with any other vegetable oil in terms of the needs of land, Palm oil is most effective, most efficient plant to produce vegetable oil for the world,because it can produce 4 ton/ha, meanwhile the sunflower oil just produce 0,6 ton/ha and soybean oil 0,4 ton/ha.. so why we don't talk about 122 million hectare deforestation of massive effect by soybean oil, we even fuss Palm oil with just 16 million hectare, if we truly adheres to the principle of trade fairness, we won't do this to Indonesia.

GEO HOMEWORK ANYONE??

chemicals and pesticides in the food chain are the worst problems for human health

This Video is @watchdogimage Production, why you not linked the original Video in your description box? is this channel part of Watchdog Indonesia? have you permission from them?

I’m kind of at a loss by their presidents speech. How in the world are these struggling poor farmers supposed to yield the same output as the bigger organizations?! How?

Hey hoi

Thank you

this president is so funny, to compare a giant company to independent farmer so easily and blame them for not progressing , damn son

Cadbury milk chocolate (the stuff made with vegetable oil) in the U.K. used to be the best. Then Kraft bought Cadbury and the Dairy Milk bar doesn't taste the same. Nestle ruined KitKat years ago- I call it Marmite cos it tastes 'meaty'. Mars Co. is about the only one left that tastes like it always has. Palm oil and other CHEAP inged.s are the reason.

feel so sad when I see deforestation which mother earth nurtured for 100s of years to get it to support a wide variety of wildlife.......we are about 7.5 billion people and rising rapidly...........we need the population to go down and demand to go down by recycle reuse and reduce the consumption......

i have been desperately trying to find ANY margarine or coffee whitening product that does NOT contain palm oil... and where I live that simply doesn't exist. I want to stop using butter etc for a variety of reasons and I cannot find an ethical substitute

How can we send money to that man ?

omg this child 💔... it is truly evil to place profits ahead of everything else

This could not be more relevant after the fires in Australia

guys please keep reporting ur are doing great to humanity i understand the risk jumping. with hidden camera i hope humanity is percived and peseverance leads the path this exactly shows that how important indeed to work together rather working alone as corparate dont have any ascribed duty they fellow involve in politics then politics jumps off to promises that leads to a bigger betrayal i hope this reports turn alerts so better could be done nice work team god bless you

Extremely sad, to say the least :(

Indonesia needs money. Would Europe feeds 250million of Indonesians, dont just blame Indonesia ! It's just business war. Euro's non palm oil products is so expensive !

Scandalous practices

I wonder if there are any nefarious activities being undertaken by these companies.

Don't they have law and order to protect the people

i wonder what happened to that farmer after answering all those questions that exposed the RSPO guidlines.

More countries need to ban palm oil and products that contain it.

How huge corporate companies are beginning to rule the world ... And this is just the beginning !!

If we all do something this will stop! If nobody buys products with palm oil, the market will disappear and the harvesting of it will disappear with it, this is caused by greed of companies, not necessity.

All that fertilizer runs off into somewhere! Why don't the people who run the country say NO???

Where is Gretta?

The only way this changes, is by shaming the consumer-facing businesses involved. Unilever was mentioned, but I work for Nestle, and they are a huge culprit as well. Shame these companies, into owning the problem, and finding real solutions.

yess I am Indonesian and I am disappointed with my country which allows the cultivation of very large oil palm. thus making many animals and plants have no place to live. I am very concerned about what is happening in my country that makes a big negative impact for the whole world. But indonesia also give positive impact that all product we can use every day contain palm oil and most of lokal employee can get money to feed their children and wive.but yah I hope we can choose a better things than this (palm oil). Please, who is the country other than Indonesia who wants to replace palm oil to meet the daily product needs in this world.

But, if we all boycotted palm oil, we'd be naked and afraid'.