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EPISODE · Apr 29, 2021 · 29 MIN

20. Has the fight against palm oil been pointless?

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English episode: For years we have been told that palm oil is the worst, but now it turns out that the production of coconut oil has much greater negative consequences for the planet. Professor Douglas Sheil (from NMBU and Wageningen University) says that it is not so important what the oil is made of - the most important is how it is made. Warning: You have to put up with the interviewer speaking a little clumsy Bergensk-English from time to time Read more here: https://partner.sciencenorway.no/agriculture-endangered-species-environment/coconut-oil-threatens-more-species-than-palm-oil/1708126   Og på norsk her: https://forskning.no/biologisk-mangfold-mat-naturvern/kokosnott--et-storre-miljoproblem-enn-tidligere-antatt/1708590

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