New Tool Created by UChicago Data Science Institute Sheds Light on Palm Oil Production
March 02, 2024
March 02, 2024
CHICAGO, Illinois, March 2 -- The University of Chicago issued the following news:
Palm oil is used in a plethora of household products, from food items like packaged pastries and chips to cosmetics and soaps or even biofuels. But most palm oil is produced on mono-crop plantations, grown on huge tracts of land that were once tropical rainforests and other biodiverse ecosystems.
Mapping the links between palm oil mills, multinational corporations, and future deforestatio . . .
Palm oil is used in a plethora of household products, from food items like packaged pastries and chips to cosmetics and soaps or even biofuels. But most palm oil is produced on mono-crop plantations, grown on huge tracts of land that were once tropical rainforests and other biodiverse ecosystems.
Mapping the links between palm oil mills, multinational corporations, and future deforestatio . . .