Friday 11 July 2014

Hunger for vegetable oil means trouble for Africa's great apes

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Hunger for vegetable oil means trouble for Africa's great apes
Liverpool, UK (SPX) Jul 11, 2014 - The vegetable oil found in your popcorn or soap might not be ape friendly, and the situation appears likely to get even worse, according to an analysis in the Cell Press journal Current Biology. The growing demand for vegetable oil has already led to the conversion of Southeast Asian forest into oil palm plantations, bringing trouble for orangutans in particular. If guidelines are not put ... more


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