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Palm oil is an ingredient in dozens of supermarket products, from margarine to shampoo. It is also increasingly produced to provide a biofuel for vehicles. Why does it pose such a threat to Earth’s rainforests?

Go to www.hoddereducation.co.uk/wideworldextras for an exercise on rainforest deforestation.

Refined from the fruit of the oil palm tree, palm oil was originally used as a lubricant during the Industrial Revolution in the nineteenth century, and then in soap products. It was first grown commercially on plantations in the tropical rainforests of west Africa.

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