World Orangutan Day: palm oil awareness still key, activists say - video
(The Guardian Indonesia)

Palm oil plantations continue to threaten this endangered species. Global standards for minimising consumption of palm oil varies wildly from country to country. Australian conservation groups have been pushing for legislation to mandate the labelling of palm oil on food ingredient lists for almost a decade. Currently, generic terms such as `vegetable oil´ or `vegetable fats´ can be used instead. The EU enforced palm oil labelling in 2014 and is now trying to pass a ban on using palm oil in EU biofuels - a move the UK is seeking to block Continue reading...