Palm Oil

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Palm Oil Plantations and rainforest deforestation photographs in Sabah, Borneo Island, Malaysia
Palm Oil Plantations and rainforest deforestation photographs in Sabah, Borneo Island, Malaysia © Quintin Lake
Truth and Consequences: Palm Oil Plantations Push Unique Orangutan Population to Brink of Extinction
Truth and Consequences: Palm Oil Plantations Push Unique Orangutan Population to Brink of Extinction Maps from Rainforest Action Network's recent report which exposes the devastating effects of palm oil plantations on Sumatra's Tripa forest and all its inhabitants. Learn more: ran.org/tripa-expose The story of land cover change in Tripa is one of deforestation to make way for agribusiness expansion. Graphic Credit: Wich et al. 2011
Your Supermarket is Selling Rainforest DESTRUCTION! Get the Facts On Palm Oil and the U.S. Snack Food Industry! Rainforest destruction for palm oil plantations is causing orangutan extinction, human rights abuses, and massive carbon pollution. Palm oil plantations turn rainforests into biological deserts. Learn more here: understory.ran.or...
Expansion of palm oil plantations into Indonesia’s and Malaysia's rainforests is pushing wild orangutans to the brink of extinction. We have reached The Last Stand of the Orangutan—but it's not too late.
Palm oil: how our consumer choices affect wildlife
YShampoo, ice cream, margarine- all contain palm oil. Plantations are growing w a price to tropical forests+biodiversity http://ow.ly/ev2vH
Palm Oil Company Fined for Land Clearing
Palm Oil Company Fined for Land Clearing
SPEAK OUT! TELL KELLOGG CEO TO HELP STOP PALM OIL INDUSTRY DESTRUCTION! PLZ SIGN & SHARE! https://www.change.org/en-CA/petitions/john-bryant-ceo-of-kellogg-s-usa-use-traceable-sustainable-palm-oil-only#share Palm oil consumption is increasing rapidly and if we don’t act now, the ENVIRONMENTAL, WILDLIFE, & SOCIAL DESTRUCTION we witnessed in South-East Asia will soon occur in Central Africa.
Easy Homemade Nutella - Crunchy Creamy Sweet
Real Nutella uses palm oil which, in order to obtain palm oil, the habitats of orangutans are being depleted. I love Nutella, but I'll have to make my own now, using a sustainable oil, such as coconut. Homemade Nutella (Chocolate Hazelnut Spread) | CrunchyCreamySweet.com
Sumatran Tiger - just one of the many wildlife species under threat due to palm oil.
Asian Rhinoceros - just one of the many wildlife species under threat due to palm oil.
Clouded Leopard - just one of the many wildlife species under threat due to palm oil.
Conservation news
"Palm oil is mostly used in cooking oil, processed foods, cosmetics, and cleaning agents. Future palm oil demand may be buoyed by use as a biofuel. But a number of studies have found that palm oil-based biodiesel fails to substantially reduce greenhouse gas emissions relative to conventional fossil fuels once deforestation is factored into lifecycle analysis. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently ruled that palm oil biodiesel shouldnt qualify as a low carbon fuel."