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beginning of twentieth century, oil palm plantation management has evolved rapidly in terms of efficiency and productivity. Oil palm is a versatile plant that almost every single part of it proven to be useful (Figure 1). Oil palm produced two types of oil: palm oil and palm kernel oil. They are both extracted from mesocarp and the seed or kernel (hard-shell mesocarp) by delicate separation at certain phases in palm oil factory/milling processes (Basiron 2007). The two oils have different uses for different

Palm Oil is quickly becoming world’s most popular vegetable oil. Palm Oil needs warm, rich soil to grow. The ideal place for them is in the Rainforests of countries like: Angola, Benin, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of Congo, Guinea, Indonesia, Liberia, Malaysia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone. The Oil Palm trees can't grow in the rainforest because they are only small trees, which means that they can't get enough light in the shadows of other trees. The Oil Palms grown best in hot and humid countries

The article I decided to read and summarize has to do with the environmental impact of palm oil. Palm oil is a tropical crop that is mostly used for the production of the oil the crop contains. It has the largest yield and it is the least expensive of all vegetable oils making it the most abundantly used by consumers. Not only is palm oil used for cooking oil and in foods but it is found in almost every single product in the supermarket. This includes soaps, cosmetics, household cleaners, and much

Introduction Palm Oil makes up more than 50% of daily used goods, particularly food goods, but this is not without effects on other animals, plants and people. Many people are completely unaware of the effects of Palm Oil. This is the reason why more awareness of Palm Oil and it’s effects, is necessary. This report will look at what Palm Oil is, how it is used, it’s positives, it’s negatives and sustainable Palm Oil. About Palm Oil What is Palm Oil? Palm Oil is an edible vegetable oil, that originates

In the year of 2017, palm oil has become ubiquitous to one’s lifestyle. The time has come, where the truth of the mysterious ingredient of palm oil must be spread. It has taken charge as the leading cause of deforestation, yet leaves the common people uninformed. Palm oil is a type of buttery oil, similarly alike to vegetable oil and coconut oil (Questions and Answers about Palm Oil). It is derived from the fruit of oil palms, and it is in roughly half of all products sold in grocery stores (Last

Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil that is derived from the palm fruit, grown on the African oil palm tree. They are originally from Western Africa, but can develop wherever heat and rainfall are abundant. Today, palm oil is grown throughout Africa, Asia, North America, and South America, with 85% of all palm oil globally produced and exported from Indonesia and Malaysia but most of the time not using sustainable measures. In total, 50 million tons of palm oil is produced annually, supplying

well as drive a large portion of the worlds biodiversity into extinction. Among the most prevalent case of environmental degradation and biodiversity loss includes the rapid deforestation and loss of biodiversity that is caused by the production of palm oil in the South Asian countries Indonesia and Malaysia. Many may argue that this rapid deforestation is simply due to the rapidly growing global population, whereas many others view this issue as the effect of greed and consumerism that surrounds a

Red Palm Oil or Red Palm Foiled: Dr. Oz’s Bold Claims Debunked -Anonymous “Biology and Society” Contributor Dr. Oz, the beloved host of the popular television health show The Dr. Oz Show, has a new superfood ready to improve everyone’s health: red palm oil. This oil, while containing unhealthy saturated fats, is actually great for your health. Red palm oil is different; it “lowers bad cholesterol by 40% in just one month” and “reduces the concentration of fatty tissue” by “igniting your metabolism

Research: "Palm oil should we use it?" By Annabel Pezzutti. Issue- Palm oil is one of the world's most popular edible vegetable oil. Palm oil is used in most goods available at your local supermarket. This particular oil is affordable but it comes at an immense cost to our environment. Palm oil has been connected to many human rights, animal, and environmental violations yet organisations and companies all over the world persist in using this particular oil in just about everything, in fact this

Research and Bibliography “Palm oil should we use it?” Issue- Palm oil is one of the world’s most popular edible vegetable oil. Used in most consumer goods, this particular oil may be cheap but it comes at a tremendous cost to our environment. Palm oil has been connected to many environmental, animal, and human rights violations yet organisations and companies all over the world continue to use this particular oil in just about everything, in fact this popular oil is in about half of all products