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Palm oil comes from the fruit of the African oil palm. It's in loads of products we use from toiletries like shampoos and soap, to cereals and biscuits.
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Palm oil is hidden in lots of food and products that we use every day without us realising it. But now more and more people are talking about the oil and the damage it can do to the environment
Some people say palm oil is the best type of vegetable oil to produce. Emma explained: "Palm oil is a super-efficient crop, meaning that we can produce a lot more palm oil per area of land
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Palm oil and peat. On top of this, large areas of Indonesia’s forest grow in deep, swampy peat which stores huge quantities of carbon. Oil palm plantations need dry land, so palm oil companies drain the peat, making it very flammable.
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A forest in Sumatra, Indonesia, is clear cut to make way for a palm oil plantation. Deforestation can happen quickly, such as when a fire sweeps through the landscape or the forest is clear-cut to make way for an oil palm plantation. and about half of the illegal removal of timber from forests is thought to be for use as fuelwood
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The destination for my visit was the town of Banting, located in the state of Sengalor, around 45 kilometres South-West of Kuala Lumpur. This is an area of peninsular Malaysia that is dominated by oil palm plantations, something that although I was prepared for, still shocked me with its sheer scale.
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- Why is palm oil controversial?
- Palm oil is used in everything from cosmetics to food to soap. There is enormous demand for it. But it is hugely controversial because it involves the clearing of tropical rainforests to grow palm oil plantations. This has led to the loss of biodiversity and habitat for under-threat animals such as the orang-utan.
- Is palm oil bad for the environment?
- Palm oil is a kind of vegetable oil, like sunflower or rapeseed oil but many consider it to be bad for the environment.
- Is palm oil destroying the planet?
- It is believed that the amount of palm oil that people around the world will consume is expected to go up over the coming years. Work is being done to stop palm oil production from damaging the planet. A group called the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was formed in 2003 to get those in the palm oil industry to work together to do this.
- Why is palm oil deforestation so bad?
- Palm oil production is said to have been responsible for about 8% of the world's deforestation between 1990 and 2008. This is because forests are burned to clear areas where people can grow oil palms - even if it's illegal. Burning forests like this destroys the places where plants and wildlife live, meaning the area has less biodiversity.
- How has palm oil impacted global health?
- “In the same way that the overproduction of corn in the United States led to rivers of high-fructose corn syrup and endless conveyor belts of fast food, so the palm-oil bonanza has enabled the creation of ever-greater amounts of deep-fried snacks and fast and processed foods — with potentially catastrophic implications for global health.”
- Why do palm oil producers burn forests?
- Producers might burn lots of forest to clear the way for new palm oil farms, or plantations. This includes rainforest areas in places like Thailand where many endangered creatures such as orangutans live. Much of the Amazon forest in Brazil has also been cut down or burnt to make way for palm oil trees.
