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Transcripts For LINKTV Earth Focus 20170715

Theres no one else to blame but ourselves. [loud buzzing] its here in Grocery Stores where the fate of indonesian elephants begins. You may have never heard of it, but palm oil, a common vegetable oil, has been a growing presence on supermarket shelves since the 1990s. Its high yield, versatility, and price makit an exceptional competitor against alternative vegetable oils. Today, palm oil and its derivatives are present in 50 of all packaged food. Products like bread, cookies, chocolate, chips, and even shower soap. The consumer benefits, but the sumatran elephants pay a price. Their habitat is cleared by legal and illegal loggers to make room for Palm Oil Plantations. We sent our u. K. Field producer jim wickens to the aceh region of north sumatra. Here the leuser ecosystem is one of the last remaining strongholds for indonesian wildlife. Its a 6millionacre protected ....

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