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University in City Hall: Palm Oil Dilemma!

Summary by Uni-bonn.de
Palm oil is not only found in half of all supermarket items, but also serves as an important biofuel. Indonesia and Malaysia alone produce 80 percent of this important resource, which, on the one hand, offers hope in the fight to reduce CO2 emissions. On the other hand, palm oil plantations are destroying Southeast Asian tropical forests. Land conflicts and a lack of protection for plantation workers are exacerbating existing inequalities. Krist…
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Palm oil is not only found in half of all supermarket items, but also serves as an important biofuel. Indonesia and Malaysia alone produce 80 percent of this important resource, which, on the one hand, offers hope in the fight to reduce CO2 emissions. On the other hand, palm oil plantations are destroying Southeast Asian tropical forests. Land conflicts and a lack of protection for plantation workers are exacerbating existing inequalities. Krist…

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uni-bonn.de broke the news in on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.
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