Many of our domestic products contain palm oil harvested from land which used to foster some of the greatest biodiversity on the planet. The clearing of rainforests to make way for palm oil plantations is happening at the rate of 30 square miles per day, threatening animals such as orang-utans with extinction. See this Independent article for information on which products contain palm oil: The Guilty Secrets of Palm Oil
Use of palm oil devastating rainforests
Posted by mike in Comment
March 27th, 2012 at 3:50 pm
Hi Mike! I think it’s worth noting however that although general palm oil production is destroying rainforests, there has been a huge push over the past few years for sustainable palm oil production. More and more big named brands are supporting it, including Cadbury’s! Sustainable palm oil production does not cause damage to rainforests.