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Palm Oil and Global Warming - Union of Concerned Scientists

FACT SHEETFORESTS AND PEATLANDS AT RISKC urrent methods of palm oil production often cause the destruction of carbon-rich forests and peatlands. When deforestation and peatland drainage occur to make way for oil palm plantations, the sequestered carbon is released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide, contributing to Global Warming . As demand for palm oil increases, tropical forests and peatlands and the people and species that rely on them are put at risk. For all these reasons, it is important to transform the industry by making smart decisions about where and how palm oil is oil is ubiquitous in the Global marketplace.

2013; MALAYSIAN PALM OIL BOARD 2012 1990 5 2000 2005 2 0 1 1 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 Area of Oil Palm (Millions of Acres) World Indonesia Malaysia FIGURE 2. Oil Palm Expansion, 1990–2011 Peat soils in Southeast Asia contain an amount of carbon comparable to the carbon stored in the aboveground vegetation of

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