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makes its home in palms trees mainly in Indonesia and Malaysia. In an effort to harvest palm oil, which is used mainly in toiletries and baked goods, we are causing damage to the orangutan’s natural habitat. The process by which we gather palm oil destroys the environment, hurts the orangutans health, and ultimately puts the orangutan into extinction. When will we stop these horrible actions and protect the orangutans in the twenty first century?

The 2008 print advertisement for the Centro Palm successfully advertises their product while also giving us a back story. There is a split screen that shows us what “chaos” and “order” looks like. Chaos is your life without the Centro Palm and order is your life when you have a Centro Palm (Palm Centro’s new ad…Web). They aren’t just selling a product, they are also understanding that America is a busy nation, and using that to draw people in. People are constantly on the move with a never-ending

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

Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil that is derived from the palm fruit, grown on the African oil palm tree. They are originally from Western Africa, but can develop wherever heat and rainfall are abundant. Today, palm oil is grown throughout Africa, Asia, North America, and South America, with 85% of all palm oil globally produced and exported from Indonesia and Malaysia but most of the time not using sustainable measures. In total, 50 million tons of palm oil is produced annually, supplying

Environment. I narrowed it down to two topics which were : Palm Oil Destruction and China Pollution. I already knew quite a lot about both of the topics, but I decided to go with a topic that affects us and the world. Therefore, I chose Palm Oil Destruction which affects us in many ways. I will make a video about an environmental issue and post it on Youtube, to gain awareness and to learn more about this topic, those are my goals. “Palm is one of the largest on going environmental disasters currently

Red Palm Oil or Red Palm Foiled: Dr. Oz’s Bold Claims Debunked -Anonymous “Biology and Society” Contributor Dr. Oz, the beloved host of the popular television health show The Dr. Oz Show, has a new superfood ready to improve everyone’s health: red palm oil. This oil, while containing unhealthy saturated fats, is actually great for your health. Red palm oil is different; it “lowers bad cholesterol by 40% in just one month” and “reduces the concentration of fatty tissue” by “igniting your metabolism

Introduction 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. About Palm Oil What is Palm Oil? Palm Oil is an edible vegetable oil, that originates

The Indonesian Forest Holocaust Marianne Phan   Introduction The tropical rainforest of Indonesia was once the most biologically diverse forests in the world. Its rainforests accounted for 10% of the world’s plant species, 12% of the world’s mammal species, 16% of reptile species and 17% of the bird species (Hamilton 1996). In the late 1960s, commercial exploitation of Indonesia’s natural forests became a means to boost economic development under the Suharto’s regime by enabling the government

Catholic Palm Sunday service. The service began outside and away from the church, allowing for the procession with the palms to the church, where the rest of the service takes place. The physical context of the performance/service is a Catholic church. However, the context of the service within the Catholic liturgical year is of greater importance. Palm Sunday service occurs annually and takes place during the Lenten period (a season of preparation before Easter, 40 days before Easter). Palm Sunday

its establishment in the beginning of twentieth century, oil palm plantation management has evolved rapidly in terms of efficiency and productivity. Oil palm is a versatile plant that almost every single part of it proven to be useful (Figure 1). Oil palm produced two types of oil: palm oil and palm kernel oil. They are both extracted from mesocarp and the seed or kernel (hard-shell mesocarp) by delicate separation at certain phases in palm oil factory/milling processes (Basiron 2007). The two oils