Palm Oil Found in Many Foods and Cosmetics Is Destroying Forests and Animals

Palm oil is in a staggering array of food and personal care products. But conventional production of palm oil is driving massive deforestation and threatening endangered species in Indonesia and Malaysia. Calen May-Tobin is a policy analyst & advocate for the Union of Concerned Scientists’ Tropical Forest and Climate Initiative.

Conventional palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia is threatening orangutans and other endangered species.

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