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Palm Oil
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What is Palm Oil?An edible vegetable oil obtained from the
fruit of the African oil palm tree. One of the most widely produced edible oil
in the worldUsed in many foods, cosmetics, industry
and biofuels
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Where is Palm Oil Grown?
Source: World Atlas
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What do the Plantations Look Like?
Source: Greenpeace
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What do the Plantations Look Like?
Source: Greenpeace
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What does the fruit look like
Source: Fleur Butcher
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Taking the Fruit to the Mill
Source: Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK
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Palm Oil Processing Plant
Source: Fleur Butcher
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Where is Palm Oil Used?
Source: Palm Oil Action Group, Wikipedia
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Deforestation
Source: Greenpeace
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Burning Season
Source: Greenpeace
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Forests Store Carbon Dioxide
Source: Greenpeace
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Clearing Forests & Draining the Peat
Source: Greenpeace
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Burning Releases Greenhouse Gas
Source: Greenpeace
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Homeless & Trapped
Source: Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation UK
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Indigenous Rights
Source: Forest Peoples Programme & Perkumpulan SawitWatch
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Palm Oil Mill Pollution
Source: Australian Conservation Foundation
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Health & Labelling“Palm Oil” is not labelled on
ingredients listsPalm Oil is high in saturated fatEating saturated is linked to heart
disease
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How Come These Bad Things Happen?Demand for Palm Oil from
developed countriesLack of environmental regulationLaws and regulations not enforcedBribery and corruptionLack of opportunities for economic
development
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SolutionsOnly grow palm oil on already cleared landEnsure land owners are asked before
startingPay government and land owners to protect
their land and not cut down the forestIndependent sustainable palm oil
certification system – Palm Oil PoliceLabelling of productsProvide alternative economic and social
development opportunities
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Greenpeace Take on Dove
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Where do we Start? Immediate stop to all deforestationCommunity education & labellingSign the petitionWrite letters to supermarkets, food
manufacturers and politiciansTell your friends and familyMake sure Palm Oil is not used to make
biofuelsWe need to talk to traditional land owner
and small farmers. What are their needs and wants?
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Questions? www.palmoilaction.org.auwww.foe.org.auThe Oil For Ape Scandal reportGreenpeace Cooking the Climate report
Martin [email protected]