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Wow, I assumed Palm Oil plantations were the biggest culprit from recent news reports.

by vondur 3y ago

ethbr1 3y ago
I think most palm oil production is in SE Asia. Indonesia and Malaysia together product 84% of the world's output. https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/10/02/which-countries-produce-the-most-palm-oil-infographic/?sh=5b3055481e42 https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/10/02/which-... PS to all: Don't buy products with palm oil, it kills orangutans.
- protocolture 3y ago
  I dont like Orangutans
  - hinkley 3y ago
    Right turn, Clyde.
- tourmalinetaco 3y ago
  Not the orangutans :(
- hinkley 3y ago
  Pretty much all commercial cookies contain palm oil. Including Girl Scouts, which acted a few years ago like they were learning new information and would act on it, and have done nothing. Although their concerns about Palm Oil weren't (or at least are no longer) about orangutans, they were about child labor.
  - hooverd 3y ago
    Teach the orangutans to harvest palm fruit.
    - hinkley 3y ago
      On a more serious note, there is usually nothing for orangs to eat. If they aren’t killed by the construction crew, they migrate to find food. There is one guy who built a polyculture date palm farm. Date palms, some brambly tree to keep megafauna out, and I forget the rest of the plant species. Except it was habitable by orangs, and semi protected.
      - myshpa 3y ago
        Willie Smits: How to restore a rainforest ? https://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_how_to_restore_a_rainforest https://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_how_to_restore_a_rain... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfuCPFb8wk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfuCPFb8wk
        hinkley 3y ago
        I think so yes. I did not learn about him from TED but I found it later. The moment where he tells the audience to stop clapping for him might be the most respect I’ve gained for anyone in two seconds flat.

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Wow, I assumed Palm Oil plantations were the biggest culprit from recent news reports.

by vondur 3y ago

Wow, I assumed Palm Oil plantations were the biggest culprit from recent news reports.

ethbr1 3y ago
I think most palm oil production is in SE Asia. Indonesia and Malaysia together product 84% of the world's output. https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/10/02/which-countries-produce-the-most-palm-oil-infographic/?sh=5b3055481e42 https://www.forbes.com/sites/niallmccarthy/2020/10/02/which-... PS to all: Don't buy products with palm oil, it kills orangutans.
- protocolture 3y ago
  I dont like Orangutans
  - hinkley 3y ago
    Right turn, Clyde.
- tourmalinetaco 3y ago
  Not the orangutans :(
- hinkley 3y ago
  Pretty much all commercial cookies contain palm oil. Including Girl Scouts, which acted a few years ago like they were learning new information and would act on it, and have done nothing. Although their concerns about Palm Oil weren't (or at least are no longer) about orangutans, they were about child labor.
  - hooverd 3y ago
    Teach the orangutans to harvest palm fruit.
    - hinkley 3y ago
      On a more serious note, there is usually nothing for orangs to eat. If they aren’t killed by the construction crew, they migrate to find food. There is one guy who built a polyculture date palm farm. Date palms, some brambly tree to keep megafauna out, and I forget the rest of the plant species. Except it was habitable by orangs, and semi protected.
      - myshpa 3y ago
        Willie Smits: How to restore a rainforest ? https://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_how_to_restore_a_rainforest https://www.ted.com/talks/willie_smits_how_to_restore_a_rain... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfuCPFb8wk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfuCPFb8wk
        hinkley 3y ago
        I think so yes. I did not learn about him from TED but I found it later. The moment where he tells the audience to stop clapping for him might be the most respect I’ve gained for anyone in two seconds flat.