Demand for Palm Oil Destroying Indonesian Rainforests
February 5, 2009 · Print This Article
The soaring global demand for palm oil is accelerating the destruction of the Indonesian rainforests. According to Greenpeace, palm oil plantations are linked to forest and peatland destruction which releases massive amounts of CO2 emissions into the atmosphere.
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A blog that gives an insight into ‘the real cost of palm oil plantations’ on a local and global scale, have a look and see why they happen and how to stop them.
Have travelled in Malaysia and have seen the awful palm oil plantations, mile upon mile of nothing else. It is one of the saddest site you will see.