Palm Oil Poverty

Palm Oil makes up more than 50% of daily used goods, particularly food goods, but this is not without effects on other animals, plants and people. Many people are completely unaware of the effects of Palm Oil. This is the reason why more awareness of Palm Oil and it’s effects, is necessary. This report will look at what Palm Oil is, how it is used, it’s positives, it’s negatives and sustainable Palm Oil.

Palm oil is a lucrative business that generates billions of dollars a year. It is

The flyer continues by depicting the situation in which many animal species native to Malaysia and Indonesia are forced out of their habitats due to the deforestation efforts to make way for palm oil trees. This deforestation drives species to the edge of extinction. Palm oil is used in many edible goods such as candies and personal care products. In order to diminish this exhaustive deforestation, the reader, identified as a "consumer conservationist" is encouraged to only purchase products that use 100% certified sustainable palm oil by purchasing their sweets from a list of brands listed in the

Palm oil is a vegetable oil high in saturated fats extracted from the palm fruit, the palm tree is a native plant to West Africa then was imported into South East Asia in the mid-19th century. It is one of the most popular edible oils and is being used in approximately 50% of products currently in the supermarkets of Australia including cosmetics, toiletries and food. Malaysia and Indonesia grows around 87% of palm oil while Australia imports about 130,000 tonnes of palm oil every year. Due to the oil plantations being in countries where there

Oil production is crucial for humans. Overall, 33 out of 48 countries have now hit a peak in oil production, resulting that oil is going to hit a decline in production. This peak is in countries such as Mexico and Russia, potentially signifying the end of the Industrial revolution. However, oil itself is not running out, just the rich, thick oils, that are high quality. In the near future, the only oil that Earth will have will be thin, and not good enough to use in motor vehicles or for electricity. Additionally, cheap and easy to extract oil will be at a decline, and also oil will be in unaccessible places, or within dangerous areas. Oil production needs to stay at pace with the human demand.

In the last two decades, palm oil has been one of the most imported goods around the world. In fact, the top industries are located in Sumatra, Indonesia, holding up to 90% of the world’s exported palm oil. Palm oil comes from the palm fruit of the African oil palm trees, and is grown mainly in the rainforest area. Unfortunately, the actions taken to grow these trees are causing horrible impacts to the world’s environment, such as deforestation, pollution, and increased greenhouse-gas emissions. Between 1985 and 2011, more than 30 million acres of the Sumatran forest disappeared because of the involvement of palm oil. Because of these environmental impacts, it’s leading to animal cruelty, especially for the Sumatran tiger. The deforestation of palm oil is driving Sumatran tigers toward extinction, because of the endangered wildlife environment, hazardous plantations, and starvation. According to One Green Planet, at least 80% of the Sumatran wildlife habitat is lost from the production of palm oil leading to the extinction of the Sumatran tigers. In 2017, it has been recorded that their are fewer than 400 Sumatran tigers that exist (How Palm Oil Impacts the Sumatran Tiger).

Possible solutions for the Palm Oil crisis finding an alternative would be beneficial certain alleges can be used just the same as Palm Oil, except not environmentally damaging and sustainable. Use the voice you have raise awareness about the deforestation, enforce to governments and companies and manufacturers that they need to take serious action, voice the facts of whats hurting us and our earth. Lean more towards products that do not consume as much Palm Oil or even better none at all. There is solutions, the Palm Oil industry can still benefit and continue without harming communities and endangering wildlife, the answer is sustainable Palm Oil.

The first article by Lian Pin Koh and David S. Wilcove discusses the appearance of palm oil in society and the growing predominance it has had in world over time. They provide a detailed summary of where palm oil is predominately produced, and what this production has done to the environment over the last few decades. The platform in which the article was written is with a focus on how the non-governmental organizations are benefiting from the production, as well as how the production has caused irreparable damage.The second article written by the Rainforest Action Network (RAN) uses numerous detailed examples, data

What is the relationship between rates of consumption of palm oil and incidence of heart disease?

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Palm is a tree crop suited to cultivation in climatic conditions similar to those of the tropical rainforest. From 1999 to 2009, global production more than doubled. Thirty years ago, palm oil accounted for less than 2 percent but now accounts for 37 percent of vegetable oil consumption worldwide, and palm has displaced soy as the world’s most important vegetable oil. Palm oil is used as a biofuel, for cooking, and in a wide range of other items, including food products, cosmetics, soaps and detergents.

Many including Rothkopf, Grunwalf, and Ruiz-Marrero claim that biofuel is not the solution but rather will become a problem. They claim that if biofuel was produced in large quantity then agriculture would convert from food to fuel. According to the World Bank, over seventy five percent of the rises in food prices is directly caused by biofuel. Indonesia is the leading producer of palm oil, a major biofuel. In order to increase productivity, the people destroyed thousands of trees to plant palm tree. The destruction led to an increase in carbon production. Indonesia moved from the 21st most carbon producer to the third. Another major producer of biofuel is Brazil. If Brazilian farmers were to deforest the Amazon rainforest, it could cause a fifty percent increase in global warming. Through the world, deforestation accounts for over twenty percent of carbon emission. A gallon of biofuel requires the same amount of grain as a person would eat in a year. The switch from food to fuel would cause a worldwide food shortage and an increase in world hunger.

Palm oil is gotten from extracting the oil out of the palm fruit. The extraction process needs a lot of processing before it can get to its finished product i.e Palm oil.

Palm oil can only grow in a tropical climate, and due to demand rainforest is being cleared to make way for new plantations.

Soybean is the third largest oilseed crop in India next to Groundnut & Mustard and accounts for 25% of the total oilseeds produced in the country in a year. Soya oil contributes about 10% of total vegetable oils produced in the country. Groundnut is the most widely consumed and traded edible oil determining edible oil economics. India is the world’s second largest