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New EU label calls palm oil what it is | Environment | DW.DE | 16.12.2014
www.dw.de/new-eu-label-calls-palm-oil-what-it-is/a-18134682?maca=en-rss-en-all-1573-rdf, posted 2014 by peter in environment eu food health transparency
Very often, new palm oil plantations result in the clearing of rainforest. Researchers at Princeton University have shown that more than half of the palm oil plantations in Indonesia and Malaysia are located in areas where there used to be rainforest. So by choosing a specific product, the consumer unwittingly has an impact on deforestation of rainforest and the fate of endangered species like orangutans or tigers.