What’s Worse Than Palm Oil for the Environment? Other Vegetable Oils, IUCN Study Finds

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By MongabayJul 3, 2018, 1:43 pm124 pts
By Hans Nicholas Jong Banning palm oil in favor of other vegetable oils deemed less destructive to the environment could lead to greater biodiversity losses, a new report says. The report by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) comes amid mounting debate about the use of palm oil, with…

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