Hello this term we have been working on writing a persuasive piece of writing. I decided to write on palm oil deforestation because I wanted to write more about it from the start of the term. I've hopefully found new information that you haven't seen before.
Have you ever taken the time to look at the ingredients of your shampoo, chocolate and chips. Do you know what devastating effects these products are doing. Palm oil is such a cheap, good marketing product that it is not going to stop as suddenly as we want. As a person who loves the outdoors we desperately need stop palm oil deforestation.
Think about this, all the cheap products you buy. Those products are the biggest threat to our environment. They are probably cheap because they will be packed full of palm oil. Mostly companies like pams use palm oil as their main ingredient.
According to Greenpeace 25 Orangutans are killed every day and 2000-3000 are being killed each year. They are being killed by deforestation whether it could be the fact that they are being taken away and killed, loss of habitat or being choked by all of the smoke being produced by human machinery.
Palm oil isn't just having a negative effect on land animals. It is also having a negative effect on sea creatures. Since there are no trees all the sediment is running into the waterways.
Next time you go to the supermarket take your to look at the ingredients in your every do food you use and eat. Do it every day of your life you might just save Orangutans.