Few ingredients are as widespread or as notorious as palm oil. But although this crop is a major driver of deforestation, this oil might just be our most sustainable option. So what can we do to make palm oil production more sustainable?

Reporter: Adam Levy 
Camera: Adam Levy 
Video Editor: Adam Levy & Frederik Willmann 
Supervising Editor: Kiyo Dörrer & Joanna Gottschalk 

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Read More: 

How palm oil production can grow without converting rainforests, peatlands: https://sustainabilitycommunity.springernature.com/posts/research-shows-palm-oil-production-can-grow-without-converting-rainforests-peatlands  

Eight things to know about palm oil: https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/8-things-know-about-palm-oil  

Palm oil and global warming: https://www.ucsusa.org/sites/default/files/legacy/assets/documents/global_warming/palm-oil-and-global-warming.pdf 

Global Forest Watch: https://www.globalforestwatch.org/  

Palm oil in cosmetics:
https://www.treehugger.com/palm-oil-cosmetics-5206444  

Special thanks for the background interviews: 
Rory Padfield, University of Leeds 
Patricio Grassini, University of Nebraska-Lincoln 
Inke Van Der Sluijs, Roundtable for Sustainable Palmoil 
Erik Meijaard, Borneo Futures 
Fitrian Ardiansyah, The Sustainable Trade Initiative 
Jocelyn Zuckerman, Reporter and author 
Adam Tomassi-Russell, PhD Oxford, for chemistry consultation 

Chapters: 
00:00 Intro 
00:41 Why palm oil is popular 
03:17 The problems with palm oil 
04:42 Palm oil's incredible production
06:24 Certification? 
07:09 Watch from the skies 
08:12 Palm oil from the lab 
08:53 Conclusion