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Forest, twice the size of UK destroyed for consumer brands: Greenpeace International

Nabanita Dutta

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Greenpeace International has said that in last decade forest areas twice the size of UK had been destroyed for big commercial brands of palm and soybean oil. It has linked 4 main commodities with the destruction of the forest: palm oil, soya, cattle, paper and pulp, The analysis also says that by 2020 approximately 123m acres of forest areas will be destroyed and as a result greenhouse gas emission will increase drastically.