Palm oil and Loss of BiodiversityIn Indonesia
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As you can see from the graph above, production of palm oil have
pushed soybean oil second place in 2004/2005.
It is used for food products, detergents, and cosmetics. Your
chocolate, your shampoo, your lipstick, your magazine…. all contain
palm oil. Production of palm oil was almost 51 million tons coming
mainly from Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia and Malaysia produce
86% of production of the world.
Palm oil is the most popular vegetable oil on the planet.
About Palm Oil
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The plantation of oil palm requires vast land so massive
deforestation occurs to ensure it.
· The effect on the ecosystem due to the decrease of the forest
has been a concern.
· It pollutes the river and soil because pesticide and chemical
fertilizer are used to keep the palm oil plantation.
· Forest fires
· Some people who have lived in the forest lose their place to
live without their permission.
· Animal comes out because there is not enough food in the
forest anymore.
What is the problem?
Why should we care?
Palm oil destroys rainforest.
Indonesia’s tropical rainforests are among the world’s most
diverse. They provide critical habitat to species including highly
endangered Sumatran tigers, Sumatran elephants and orangutans. The
Indonesian government has announced plans to convert approximately
18 million more hectares of rainforests, an area the size of
Missouri, into palm oil plantations by 2020.
Palm oil threatens forest people.
Tens of millions of Indonesians rely directly on rainforests for
their livelihoods. A single palm oil plantation can destroy the
forests, watersheds, and forest resources of thousands of
Indonesians, leaving entire forest communities to face poverty,
many for the first time.
By 2020, the use of palm oil is expected to double, as the
world’s population increases and as people – especially in
countries like China and India – become more affluent and consume
more manufactured goods containing palm oil.
As I mentioned before, a lot of things that you use everyday
contain palm oil, so that means it’s so simple to decrease
production of palm oil. The three R’s; Reduce, Reuse and Recycle is
the earth-friendly actions in many ways.
What will happen in the future?
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