[LINK]  No, palm oil is not responsible for 40% of global deforestation

[LINK] No, palm oil is not responsible for 40% of global deforestation

Forest of Gede Pangrango, Indonesia. Ricky Martin, CIFOR/Flickr, CC BY-ND

In just Indonesia, 25 million hectares of forest were lost, of which 7.5 million hectares were used for agricultural production. Of these 7.5 million hectares, 2.9 million correspond to oil palm plantations, about 40%. It is therefore responsible for 40% of deforestation – but only that caused by the agricultural sector and only in this one country, not the world.

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