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Here’s how much forest we’ll have to destroy to feed our growing junk food addiction [1]

A key ingredient in junk food is vegetable oil, and 60 percent of edible vegetable oil is produced from oil palm and soybeans — crops that are currently associated with massive deforestation in Sou

Publication Date: 
20/09/2016
Mongabay [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Deforestation [4], Junk Food [5], Palm Oil [6], Soyabean [7], Asia [8], South America [9], Edible Oils [10], Land [11], FAO [12], Food Security [13]

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[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/here%E2%80%99s-how-much-forest-we%E2%80%99ll-have-destroy-feed-our-growing-junk-food-addiction
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/mongabay
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/junk-food
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/palm-oil
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/soyabean
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/south-america
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/edible-oils
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/fao
[13] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/food-security