Uploaded February 2014 | Updated September 2026, 17 hours ago
The wide-scale destruction of rainforest in southeast Asia and the consequent wiping out of the habitat of the endangered orangutan is largely due to production of palm oil for use in a range of food and other goods. Half your shopping trolley has products containing palm oil but you wouldn't know it, which is why the Palm Oil Action Group struck a chord with Byron Bay shoppers at the weekend.
Video Sharon Shostak
The wide-scale destruction of rainforest in southeast Asia and the consequent wiping out of the habitat of the endangered orangutan is largely due to production of palm oil for use in a range of food and other goods. Half your shopping trolley has products containing palm oil but you wouldn't know it, which is why the Palm Oil Action Group struck a chord with Byron Bay shoppers at the weekend.
Video Sharon Shostak
