A thread on palm oil

Our consumption of products containing palm oil feeds on a burgeoning oil palm industry. Our expanding population means oil palm monoculture also needs to expand into new areas. Oil palms can only grow efficiently in warmer climates;…1 … areas often occupied by relatively undisturbed tropical and subtropical forest. These forests need to be ‘cleared’ (hacked and burnt) to make way for the palm plantations. Apart from being the ‘lungs’ of the planet, the forests are (were) also home to a myriad …2