Sustainable Palm Oil in the Amazon Rainforest

Could palm oil grown sustainably help the Amazon rainforest? Since 2001, palm oil production has grown tremendously. An increase in the cost of soybean oil and a move away from trans-fats in foods, including Girl Scout cookies, helped fuel the boom in palm oil plantations. The countries currently responsible for most of the production of palm oil – Indonesia and Malaysia – have garnered a bad reputation for destructive practices. Indonesia has recently moved towards cleaning up the industry, but they still have a long way to go.

Source: Eat.Drink.Better.

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