Palm oil comes from the fruit on tropical oil palm trees. Producing the edible oil wreaks havoc on the environment, leading to deforestation, habitat degradation, and loss of animal habitat. The World Wildlife Fund estimates that an area about the size of 300 football fields is cleared each hour in tropical rainforests for palm oil production.
As such, the palm oil industry brings significant economic benefit to millions of smallholder farmers and the economies of producing countries. For example, in Indonesia and Malaysia, 4.5 million people rely on the palm oil industry for their livelihood.
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Indonesia palm oil has long earned the ire of conscious consumersts production has been linked to child and forced labor, massive deforestation and the demise of iconic species like orangutans. Most point to large corporations to solve the problem, but that overlooking a key actor in palm oil production: small farmers.
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Palm oil is literally everywhere in our foods, cosmetics, cleaning products and fuels. It a source of huge profits for multinational corporations, while at the same time destroying the livelihoods of smallholders. Displacement of indigenous peoples, deforestation and loss of biodiversity are all consequences of our palm oil consumption.
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Why is palm oil bad for the environment, and what can people do to help? ... 5 What can people do to help? Because palm oil is so pervasive, it can be difficult to avoid. ... So consumers can ...
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Palm oil is cheaper and more resource efficient than other vegetable oils. The sector also employs about 6 million people worldwide, about 2.2 million of whom are smallholder farmers, who often live at the edge of poverty and rely on palm oil to feed, shelter, and educate their families. 2. How can palm oil be grown sustainably?
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The most controversial ingredient in that list is the palm oil. Since ingredients are listed on labels in order of quantity, as Nutella second ingredient, palm oil is a large component to the hazelnut spread recipe. Palm oil is extracted from the palm fruit, which grows on the African oil palm tree.
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The following is the established format for referencing this article: Obidzinski, K., R. Andriani, H. Komarudin, and A. Andrianto. 2012. Environmental and social impacts of oil palm plantations and their implications for biofuel production in Indonesia.
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Animal and human studies suggest that the tocotrienols in palm oil may help protect the delicate polyunsaturated fats in the brain, slow dementia progression, reduce the risk of stroke and prevent ...
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