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Does making palm oil require destroying the tree? I'm honestly ignorant about this subject.

• ar-nelson 8y ago
  The issue isn't damage to existing oil palms, but tearing down rainforest (including orangutan habitat) to make room for large plantations of oil palms.
  • iicc 8y ago
    https://www.greenpeace.org/international/publication/18455/the-final-countdown-forests-indonesia-palm-oil/ https://www.greenpeace.org/international/publication/18455/t... > Half of the Bornean orangutan population has been wiped out in just 16 years, with habitat destruction by the palm oil industry a leading driver. More than three-quarters of Tesso Nilo national park, home to tigers, orangutans and elephants, has been converted into illegal palm oil plantations. Globally, 193 Critically Endangered, Threatened and Vulnerable species are threatened by palm oil production. > The plantation sector – palm oil and pulp – is the single largest driver of deforestation in Indonesia. Around 24 million hectares of rainforest was destroyed in Indonesia between 1990 and 2015, according to official figures released by the Indonesian government [1].
    • Paperweight 8y ago
      3/4 of a national park illegally logged and planted? What's it going to take for these places to get it together? Seriously. What?
• neolefty 8y ago
  Deforestation of existing land for agriculture, which leads to habitat loss and environmental degradation. I recommend a web search — there's lots of info out there.