By: Cole Thomas
One major yet often ignored issue regarding neoliberal globalization is the destruction of the environment. Unfettered capitalism places such pressure on countries to produce certain products. Often, this can come at the expense of degrading land and practicing dangerous environmental production methods in order to both save money and maximize production. Indonesia offers a prime example of this negative aspect of globalization where their tropical forests have been devastated all in the name of producing more and more palm oil. On the bright side, there is a project which offers some hope which involves substituting forests lands with degraded lands as the foundations for palm oil plantations.