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Although palm oil has some of the worst PR in the world, it is a valuable subtance. Extremely shelf stable, it is used in a wide variety of items. Usually unmarked, the palm oil in your product appears as "vegetable oil." But while palm oil is one of the primary contributors to deforestation it doesn't need to be. Studies have shown that palm oil plantations in certain situations can be helpful for the environment. How? When land formerly used for cattle feed is converted into a palm oil farm, the biodiversity is increased, the carbon emissions go down by 99% (because most of the carbon emissions come from cattle that are supported by the land). Vegetable oil IS easier on the environment than red meat. So, if world demand for meat falls, palm oil companies may be pressured into converting the existing farm land into palm oil planation. A win for everyone.
The problem is that journalists also uncovered that food producers are under pressure from the palm oil industry to declare "vegetable oil" on a product that contains "palm oil" only. There are no official controls of the palm oil plantations of correct working conditions. Fact is that countries like Indonesia and also south american countries suffering and the burning of forest areas for palm oil plantations is killing a lot of people only because they breath in the smoke that covers the whole area around the plantations.
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Although palm oil has some of the worst PR in the world, it is a valuable subtance. Extremely shelf stable, it is used in a wide variety of items. Usually unmarked, the palm oil in your product appears as "vegetable oil." But while palm oil is one of the primary contributors to deforestation it doesn't need to be. Studies have shown that palm oil plantations in certain situations can be helpful for the environment. How? When land formerly used for cattle feed is converted into a palm oil farm, the biodiversity is increased, the carbon emissions go down by 99% (because most of the carbon emissions come from cattle that are supported by the land). Vegetable oil IS easier on the environment than red meat. So, if world demand for meat falls, palm oil companies may be pressured into converting the existing farm land into palm oil planation. A win for everyone.
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The problem is that journalists also uncovered that food producers are under pressure from the palm oil industry to declare "vegetable oil" on a product that contains "palm oil" only. There are no official controls of the palm oil plantations of correct working conditions. Fact is that countries like Indonesia and also south american countries suffering and the burning of forest areas for palm oil plantations is killing a lot of people only because they breath in the smoke that covers the whole area around the plantations.