date:Jun 16, 2020
ngen and first author of the study.
The reason is that oil palm produces three times more oil per hectare than soybean, rapeseed, or sunflower. This means that if palm oil was replaced with alternative vegetable oils, much more land would be needed for cultivation, with additional loss of forests and other natural habitats.
Banning palm oil would also have negative economic and social consequences in the producing countries.
It is often assumed that oil palm is only grown on large industrial