Nature - The main facts about palm oil; The palm oil industry has made a huge impact on the natural rainforests of Southeast Asia. These man-made monocultures are damaging on a local and a global environmental level. Our current consumption of products containing palm oil is unsustainable. Palm oil is in every second product you consume Try living a day without palm oil. It’s almost impossible. Processed foods, cosmetics and even clothes contain palm oil. The properties of this tree and its fruit have made palm oil a key component across virtually all industries Here are the main facts why palm oil plantations are harming the environment: They release massive amounts of CO2 in the air as rainforests are cleared. Rainforests' soils hold about 45% of the world's terrestrial carbon, cutting them down is like releasing a carbon bomb. Palm oil plantations accelerate the rise in global temperatures (trees, especially old trees in primary rainforests, are the most efficient carbon absorbers in the world). They directly threaten 193 of the world's critically endangered, endangered and vulnerable animal species, including the sumatran and the bornean orangutan (source: International Union for Conservation of Nature) As the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis) is being over planted as many as 100 species of palm are endangered due to deforestation and unsustainable cultivation practices, such as for the heart of palm, which comes from a part of the tree that cannot be regrown. The rarest palm tree is the Hyophorbe amaricaulis. The only one left currently lives at the Botanic Gardens of Curepipe in Mauritius . . . . Photograph @oljaryz #palmtrees #palmoil #deforestationawareness #environment #rainforest #orangutans #eco #vegan #aesthetics #veganlifestyle #plantbased #crueltyfree #globalwarming #aesthetelabel #veganlifestylestore #sustainableliving #manchester #staffordshire https://www.instagram.com/p/CBovnSBp6N5/?igshid=14jkcj970ihbq
