Food & Non-Food Products from Forests Palm Oil

What products do we get from forests?

Products from Forest FOOD COCONUTS FRUITS NON-FOOD  FURNITURE (WOOD)  PENCILS (WOOD)

PRODUCTS FROM FOREST FOOD  CHOCOLATE  COCONUTS  NUTS  OLIVES  FRUITS  SPICES  SOY SAUCE  KETCHUP  SUGAR FOR CAKES  COCONUT MILK NON-FOOD  FURNITURE  DOORS  PENCILS  FLOORS  CORK  FUEL  MULCH  SOAP  PERUMES  MEDICATION  INSECT REPELLENT  THATCH ROOFS  PAPER  BUTTONS

DEFORESTATION

FORESTS ONCE COVERED 50% OF EARTHS AREA FORESTS NOW COVER 37.3%

DANGERS OF DEFORESTATION

Extinction of animal species Extinction of plants

PALM OIL

Coconuts Coconut trees grow in tropical climate forests. 1/3 of world’s population depend on coconuts for food and their parts used for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes.

Coconut Tree Parts…  Food  Husks  Water  Oil  Trunk  Fronds/leaves  Shell  Roots What do we use the parts for?

Rainforest or Oil Palms? Millions of hectares of rainforests cleared in South East Asia have been replaced by oil palms for the production of palm oil.

Effects  Conversion from natural forests to oil palm plantations:  destroys native foods and  habitats of endangered species like orangutans.