Definition of oil palm
: an African pinnate-leaved palm (Elaeis guineensis) cultivated for its clustered fruit whose flesh and seeds yield oil
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Large portions of tropical forests and carbon-rich peatlands are being cleared in southeast Asia, Africa and Latin American to make way for oil palm plantations.
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Wetlands continue to be destroyed in Southeast Asia and the Congo region of Africa, mainly to plant oil palm.
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Much of their tropical rainforest homelands are being cleared to make way for oil palm plantations.
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The company operates 33,000 hectares (82,000 acres) of oil palm and rubber trees, according to its website.
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In 2014, under pressure from conservation groups, the big oil palm companies adopted a no-deforestation policy.
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The Pasoh Forest, however, is surrounded on three sides by oil palm plantations.
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Palm oil is a saturated fat made from the oil palm tree (not to be confused with palm kernel oil, which comes from the seeds of the same plant).
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First Known Use of oil palm
1850
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