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The palm oil industry has continued to grow in recent years and with it comes the dangerous impacts of palm oil production. The industry has had devastating impacts on a wide range of land, animals, and people.
The video below ties in all the impacts of the palm oil industry into one cool hand drawn diagram. It translates the information in a very simple, creative, and entertaining way.
Although the industry has put many animals at risk including orangutans and more recently elephants, there is hope for a change in attitudes, as more companies start to head to sustainable palm oil production. Until then, the impacts on deforestation, endangered animals, and even human rights will continue.
Watching the video below is an easy way to inform yourself about the basics of the palm oil industry and to spread the information. Awareness is the first step to change and the only way the palm oil industry will change is if we demand companies switch to sustainable palm oil.
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I’m not sure what the next step is. How do I find the companies that are doing it right? Maybe it’s best to find an alternative to palm oil altogether.
Heard that `sustainable` ain`t all its cracked up to be!!
why palm is rated as degrading to environment compared to soy, peanut, rapeseed, canola, sunflower in the edible oil production where as all are monocultures and produced on land cleared off any types of natural stand or trees and displacing wildlife. why the case is just against palm oil? i wonder why?