1. By Morgan Hyland

2.  Still mostly used in the manufacturing of food products ◦ Found in 1 in 10 food items in the UK  Now being used as an ingredient in bio- diesel also transportation  Also used as fuel to be burnt in power stations to produce energy  Indonesia and Malaysia are the biggest market for palm oil energy production

3. Bunch Thresher Fruit Sterilizer Wet and Dry Method of extracting oil….

5.  Largest cause of rainforest clearance  Responsible for destruction of 10 million hectares of rainforest  6.5 million hectares of palm oil plantations have been created  Responsible for the destruction of species ◦ responsible for at least half of the observed reduction in orangutan between 1992 and 2003  Causes an increase in green house gas emissions  Chief cause of forest fires in Indonesia

6.  Benefitted large companies at the expense of small communities ◦ Lose their land and access to rainforest resources and economic profits ◦ Palm oil production often more associated with corporate greed rather than sustainable development

7.  Reduces green house gases that destroy the ozone layer  Renewable resource- most commonly produced vegetable oil in the world  It has the lowest production cost of all the major oils

9.  In its use in creating biofuels, it would reduce the need for crude oil  It reduces the amount of green house gases that are emitted into the atmosphere  Renewable resource  Costs less than all other oils

10.  http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/pal m_oil_biofuel_position.pdf http://www.foe.co.uk/resource/briefings/pal m_oil_biofuel_position.pdf  http://www.biomass-asia- workshop.jp/biomassws/04workshop/presen tation_files/17_Choo.pdf http://www.biomass-asia- workshop.jp/biomassws/04workshop/presen tation_files/17_Choo.pdf  http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y4355E/y4 355e04.htm http://www.fao.org/DOCREP/005/Y4355E/y4 355e04.htm