Palm oils impact on our rainforests
Kara McQuerrey
In this article it talks about the large use of palm oil. Asia has been destroying tropical rainforest to create massive palm oil plantations. This causes huge deforestation. Rainforests help maintain water resources without them rainfall wouldn’t be able to be absorbed and released back into streams and rivers. This then causes flooding and soil depletion. With the use of palm oil being in everything and the fact it produces a lot of money, boycotting these items wouldn’t help. The article talks about how that may instead cause them to initiate more intensive timber harvesting. This then would cause more pollution on already compromised land, air and water. Palm oil has a huge impact on our environment.
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/harvesting-palm-oil-and-rainforests/
I don’t know when they’ll get It. We need our Forrests, not only for our environment but to live as well. They provide energy and food for us and our animals.
ReplyDeleteIf we use palm oil so much we need to find a substitution for it. Not only does deforestation effect flooding and rainfall like you listed but it also affects wildlife.
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