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Palm Oil

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So, palm oil is the most widely produced oil crop currently. It's used in a wide range of [blank] , including food for bio-fuels and in soaps and shampoo. However, though sector's growing fast, and unfortunately palm oil grows in exactly the same [blank] as tropical rain forest. So, the use and the [blank] of palm oil, the growth in the sector, is leading to wide-scale deforestation. What we are hoping to do is if we can come up an [blank] we can slow the growth of the sector and therefore stop the wide-scale [blank] in south Asia.

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So, palm oil is the most widely produced oil crop currently. It's used in a wide range of industries , including food for bio-fuels and in soaps and shampoo. However, though sector's growing fast, and unfortunately palm oil grows in exactly the same environment as tropical rain forest. So, the use and the development of palm oil, the growth in the sector, is leading to wide-scale deforestation. What we are hoping to do is if we can come up an alternative we can slow the growth of the sector and therefore stop the wide-scale deforestation in south Asia.
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