Describing the distribution of palm oil producing countries, throw light on major environmental issues faced by them.

Distribution of palm oil → (1) Equatorial region: ASEAN palm oil producers in equatorial regions (2) Malaysia Indonesia cleared large tracks of rainforest for oil palm plantation (3) Requires abundant rainfall: windfall example, preum named (4) Primarily in equatorial regions: Indonesia India – North East or Andaman's Nicobar island (5) Well connected ports/infrastructure facilities → supply chain to markets → China, India. India is merely dependent of Malaysia & Indonesia for oil palm imports amounting to almost US$0.1. Environmental issues: (1) Large scale deforestation – clearing evergreen rainforest for plantation (2) Destruction of habitat of endangered species → Rhinos (Suam) – extinct orangutan, Monitors & Lizards & increased man-animal conflict. (3) Water questing worst – oil needs of oil palm → chemicals & pesticides & soil degradation & rainforest. (4) Once cleared evergreen forest takes long time to regrow due to poor quality soil in evergreen forest. (5) Oil palm monoculture – susceptible to pest attack diseases due to many global warming & sea level.

Environmental issues continuation: (1) Large scale deforestation – clearing evergreen rainforest for plantation. (2) Destruction of habitat of endangered species → Rhinos (Suam) – extinct orangutan, Monitors & Lizards & increased man-animal conflict. (3) Water questing worst – oil needs of oil palm → chemicals & pesticides & soil degradation & rainforest. (4) Once cleared evergreen forest takes long time to regrow due to poor quality soil in evergreen forest. (5) Oil palm monoculture – susceptible to pest attack diseases due to many global warming & sea level.

— Aditya Acharya · AIR 96