Oil Palm plantation is mono-crop, will impact environment: Experts
IFP Bureau9 Jul 2022
A one-day awareness campaign on environment and oil palm plantation was held at Pukhao Terapur Multipurpose Hall on Saturday.
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A one-day awareness campaign on environment and oil palm plantation was held at Pukhao Terapur Multipurpose Hall on Saturday.
PFA Manipur stated that although the NMEO-OP will provide many benefits to the farmers, its negative effects should be considered.
Several people urged the Manipur government to adopt large-scale mustard oil plantation as an alternative to oil palm plantation..
IFP Editorial: The usual oil palm planting practises burning an area after felling forests or draining peat swamps cause massive loss of forests and biodiversity.
Environmental experts say that certifying oil palm amounts to nothing more than ‘’green washing’. Also, Oil palm cultivation in a biodiversity hotspot area like Manipur will be more damaging to the environment than poppy plantation.
Palm oil is one major species which can make a change due to its high productivity. But the issue is whether it is suitable for the state of Manipur? Without doing any study, forcing down the throat of the farmers smacks of authoritarianism as no study has been carried out as to its suitability.
IFP Editorial: The Manipur government is pushing for the oil palm project in Imphal West, Ukhrul, Chandel, Churachandpur, Thoubal and Bishnupur districts with nurseries already being developed in pre-empted assumption that the project is highly feasible economically.
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on August 18, gave its approval to launch the NMEO-OP as a new Centrally Sponsored Scheme with a special focus on the Northeast region and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.