date:Aug 03, 2018
2 to 9 percent of tropical worldwide emissions.
It's not just the clearing of trees and other plants that causes the problem; peatlands in the forests are drained and burned to make way for the plantations. Those peatlands hold more carbon than the forests above up to 18 to 28 times more. All of that carbon is released when the peatlands are destroyed.
The solution isn't as simple as stopping the production of palm oil. Other plants used to produce vegetable oil are just as detrimental to the