Plantation Stories

StoryMap – Oil Palm

A quick look at oil palm agriculture, past and present, and the effects of large-scale monoculture farming on rural communities, natural habitats, and the animals and insects that live in them.

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StoryMap – Sugar

The Bittersweet Story of Raising Sugar Cane is a short overview of the global sugar trade history and it’s consequences on local ecology and people’s lives and livelihoods in Jamaica.

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Research Article

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Covering the land with oil palm: revelation, value, and landownership among the Kairak-speaking Baining of Papua New Guinea

Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol.31, Issue 2, June 2025. First published: 17 September 2024

Oil Palm in East New Britain

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