Palm oil production - harmful to people, animals and rainforest:
It is not the plant itself that is the problem, but the unusually high demand. In Indonesia, rainforests that are among the last remaining habitats for orangutans are being cleared for palm oil. But in other countries, too, the forests that have to give way to palm plantations provide habitats for many unique animals.
Rainforest deforestation also contributes to climate change. Trees are known to produce oxygen and store carbon dioxide. Thus, clearing releases harmful gas and a vital source of oxygen is lost. In addition, the conversion of peat soils to plantations produces enormous amounts of greenhouse gases.
General tips:
- Replacement tip: When buying palm oil, remember that you can also use sunflower oil, which does not need a tropical climate to grow and thus makes such measures superfluous. However, it is also sufficient to reduce the consumption of palm oil, because a complete replacement of the fat by other vegetable oils would not make sense from a global point of view.
- Replacement tip: Cook and bake yourself more often with fresh, unprocessed foods, as palm oil is often found in convenience foods.
- Health tip: Pay particular attention to palm oil-free products when buying food for children, as these can be particularly harmful for children.
https://www.cookandculture.com/five-tips-for-how-you-can-help-stop-palm-oil-deforestation/ Help stop Palm Oil
Problems of overpopulation:
1. To survive, people need food and drink. In addition to dry throats, many stomachs are growling. The pressure on food supplies is growing. More than 800 million people in the world go hungry - two billion suffer from malnutrition. More at World Hunger.
2. If a person grows up in an environment where medical care, hygiene and food supply are inadequate, they are more susceptible to diseases. These can also spread more quickly there. As today's situation also shows with Corona.
3. People travel from A to B - whether just to work or halfway around the world on vacation. With each additional person, more cars, scooters and other high-emission vehicles are produced and driven. More under air pollution.
https://www.sabzproperty.com/blog/article/304/why-forests-are-important-for-our-climate(why forests are important for our climate?)
1.Trees provide the air we breathe. For the tree, the air is primarily a waste product that it produces during photosynthesis. For us, it is vital! The tree also needs oxygen. But never as much as it produces itself.
2.Forests remove carbon from the atmosphere. Through storage, for example, weather, rain and water cycles are regulated. Tropical rainforests are particularly effective carbon eaters. Deforestation of the same leads to the creation of a vicious circle: Loss of forest area causes more carbon to enter the atmosphere.
What happens with a plastic bottle after it’s thrown into the recycling bin?
why did i choose this topic?
It is becoming increasingly important that all pet bottles are recycled