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Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies

Palm oil (PO) is an important source of livelihood, but unsustainable practices and widespread consumption may threaten human and planetary health. We reviewed 234 articles and summarized evidence on the impact of PO on health, social and economic aspects, environment, and biodiversity in the Malays...

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Main Authors:	Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafah, Aini Hasanah Abd Mutalib, Priscillia Miard, Chun, Sheng Goh, Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah, Nadine Ruppert
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Language:	English
Published:	Springer Nature 2022
Subjects:	QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QK1-474.5 General Including geographical distribution
Online Access:	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43020/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43020/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01052-4
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spelling	my.ums.eprints.430202025-03-04T01:50:18Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43020/ Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafah Aini Hasanah Abd Mutalib Priscillia Miard Chun, Sheng Goh Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah Nadine Ruppert QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QK1-474.5 General Including geographical distribution Palm oil (PO) is an important source of livelihood, but unsustainable practices and widespread consumption may threaten human and planetary health. We reviewed 234 articles and summarized evidence on the impact of PO on health, social and economic aspects, environment, and biodiversity in the Malaysian context, and discuss mitigation strategies based on the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The evidence on health impact of PO is equivocal, with knowledge gaps on whether moderate consumption elevates risk for chronic diseases, but the benefts of phytonutrients (SDG2) and sensory characteristics of PO seem ofset by its high proportion of saturated fat (SDG3). While PO contributes to economic growth (SDG9, 12), poverty alleviation (SDG1, 8, 10), enhanced food security (SDG2), alternative energy (SDG9), and long-term employment opportunities (SDG1), human rights issues and inequities attributed to PO production persist (SDG8). Environmental impacts arise through large-scale expansion of monoculture plantations associated with increased greenhouse gas emissions (SDG13), especially from converted carbon-rich peat lands, which can cause forest fres and annual trans-boundary haze; changes in microclimate properties and soil nutrient content (SDG6, 13); increased sedimentation and change of hydrological properties of streams near slopes (SDG6); and increased human wildlife conficts, increase of invasive species occurrence, and reduced biodiversity (SDG14, 15). Practices such as biological pest control, circular waste management, multi-cropping and certifcation may mitigate negative impacts on environmental SDGs, without hampering progress of socioeconomic SDGs. While strategies focusing on improving practices within and surrounding plantations ofer co-benefts for socioeconomic, environment and biodiversity-related SDGs, several challenges in achieving scalable solutions must be addressed to ensure holistic sustainability of PO in Malaysia for various stakeholders. Springer Nature 2022 Article NonPeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43020/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafah and Aini Hasanah Abd Mutalib and Priscillia Miard and Chun, Sheng Goh and Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah and Nadine Ruppert (2022) Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies. Sustainability Science, 17. pp. 1639-1661. ISSN 1862-4065 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01052-4
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spellingShingle	QH1-(199.5) General Including nature conservation, geographical distribution QK1-474.5 General Including geographical distribution Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafah Aini Hasanah Abd Mutalib Priscillia Miard Chun, Sheng Goh Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah Nadine Ruppert Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies
description	Palm oil (PO) is an important source of livelihood, but unsustainable practices and widespread consumption may threaten human and planetary health. We reviewed 234 articles and summarized evidence on the impact of PO on health, social and economic aspects, environment, and biodiversity in the Malaysian context, and discuss mitigation strategies based on the sustainable development goals (SDGs). The evidence on health impact of PO is equivocal, with knowledge gaps on whether moderate consumption elevates risk for chronic diseases, but the benefts of phytonutrients (SDG2) and sensory characteristics of PO seem ofset by its high proportion of saturated fat (SDG3). While PO contributes to economic growth (SDG9, 12), poverty alleviation (SDG1, 8, 10), enhanced food security (SDG2), alternative energy (SDG9), and long-term employment opportunities (SDG1), human rights issues and inequities attributed to PO production persist (SDG8). Environmental impacts arise through large-scale expansion of monoculture plantations associated with increased greenhouse gas emissions (SDG13), especially from converted carbon-rich peat lands, which can cause forest fres and annual trans-boundary haze; changes in microclimate properties and soil nutrient content (SDG6, 13); increased sedimentation and change of hydrological properties of streams near slopes (SDG6); and increased human wildlife conficts, increase of invasive species occurrence, and reduced biodiversity (SDG14, 15). Practices such as biological pest control, circular waste management, multi-cropping and certifcation may mitigate negative impacts on environmental SDGs, without hampering progress of socioeconomic SDGs. While strategies focusing on improving practices within and surrounding plantations ofer co-benefts for socioeconomic, environment and biodiversity-related SDGs, several challenges in achieving scalable solutions must be addressed to ensure holistic sustainability of PO in Malaysia for various stakeholders.
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author	Khayriyyah Mohd Hanafah Aini Hasanah Abd Mutalib Priscillia Miard Chun, Sheng Goh Shahrul Anuar Mohd Sah Nadine Ruppert
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title	Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies
title_short	Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies
title_full	Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies
title_fullStr	Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies
title_full_unstemmed	Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies
title_sort	impact of malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies
publisher	Springer Nature
publishDate	2022
url	https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43020/1/FULL%20TEXT.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/43020/ https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-021-01052-4
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Impact of Malaysian palm oil on sustainable development goals: co‑benefits and trade‑offs across mitigation strategies

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