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Palm oil industry - Coggle Diagram
Palm oil industry
Unsustainable palm oil production
Unsustainable farming practice
Widespread clearance of the world's rainforests
Destroyed the habitat of endangered species(orangutan, pygmy elephant, Sumatran tiger and Sumatran rhino)
Mostly South Africa
Rainforests - World's most biodiverse areas
Loss of forest and destruction of carbon-rich peat soil
Generates CO2 and other greenhouse gases which leads to Climate Change
Worker exploitation and child labour
Palm oil vs Alternatives
Soybean, coconut, sunflower or rapeseed
Requires between four and 10 times as much land
Greater impact on climate
IUCN (Oil Palm and Biodiversity) 2018 report
Transitioning to other oil crops shifts deforestation to other regions
Mainly from Asia to South America
Net loss in biodiversity associated with using alternatives - worse than that caused by palm oil
Most sustainable way forward in terms of biodiversity is using palm
Avoid more deforestation by improving planning of new palm plantations
Improving the management of the forest
Acts a natural preservative
Extends shelf life
Palm oil cultivation - world’s single most efficient vegetable oil crop
Accounts for 35 percent of the world’s vegetable oil, on just 10 percent of the land used to grow vegetable oil crops
Huge industry
Millions of the world’s poorest people depend on palm production for their livelihoods
Palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil
Found in almost 50% of the packaged products
Also found in animal feed and used as a biofuel around the world
Cost-effective