Environmental impact and global warming1/15/2024 ![]() ![]() Palm oil accounts for ~40% of the current global annual demand for vegetable oil as food, animal feed and fuel (210 Mt), but planted oil palm covers less than 5–5.5% of the total global oil crop area (approximately 425 Mha) due to oil palm’s relatively high yields. The production of vegetable oils and, in particular, palm oil, illustrates these competing demands and trade-offs. Nature Plants volume 6, pages 1418–1426 ( 2020) Cite this articleĭelivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing demands on land between agriculture (SDG 2) and biodiversity (SDG 15). ![]() The environmental impacts of palm oil in context
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