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Most of the world's palm oil is being produced in Indonesia and Malaysia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil#/media/File:2013palm_oil.png https://en.wikiped
by siruncledrew 8y ago
Most of the world's palm oil is being produced in Indonesia and Malaysia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil#/media/File:2013palm_oil.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil#/media/File:2013palm_...
India, China, the EU, and Indonesia are among the largest global consumers of palm oil according to this: https://www.palmoilandfood.eu/en/palm-oil-consumption https://www.palmoilandfood.eu/en/palm-oil-consumption
Europe reducing their palm oil use at least makes an impact, and should be encouraged.
I'm figuring India, China, and Indonesia heavily use palm oil given their geographic proximity to the largest source of palm oil cultivation, which is why it's cheap. More pressure should be put on Malaysia and Indonesia to curb deforestation for the sake of planting oil palms. Further, more pressure should continue to be put on corporate supply chains to decrease their palm oil use. The farmers of these countries are slashing and burning forest land because palm oil is the crop that is in demand. The change has to flow from the top down in order to stop desperate and ignorant suppliers from burning away their own lands and contributing to deforestation and climate change for a few pennies on the dollar.