Food & Non-Food Products from Forests

Palm Oil

What products do we get from forests?

Products from Forest

FOODCOCONUTS

FRUITS

NON-FOOD FURNITURE (WOOD)

PENCILS (WOOD)

PRODUCTS FROM FOREST

FOOD

CHOCOLATE

COCONUTS

NUTS

OLIVES

FRUITS

SPICES

SOY SAUCE

KETCHUP

SUGAR FOR CAKES

COCONUT MILK

NON-FOOD

FURNITURE

DOORS

PENCILS

FLOORS

CORK

FUEL

MULCH

SOAP

PERUMES

MEDICATION

INSECT REPELLENT

THATCH ROOFS

PAPER

BUTTONS

DEFORESTATION

FORESTS ONCE COVERED 50% OF EARTHS AREA

FORESTS NOW COVER 37.3%

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DANGERS OF DEFORESTATION

Extinction of animal species

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Drag picture to placeholder or click icon to addExtinction of

plants

PALM OIL

CoconutsCoconut trees grow in tropical climate forests.

1/3 of world’s population depend on coconuts for food and their parts used for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes.

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Coconut Tree Parts…

Food

Husks

Water

Oil

Trunk

Fronds/leaves

Shell

Roots

What do we use the parts for?

Rainforest or Oil Palms?

Millions of hectares of rainforests cleared in South East Asia have been replaced by oil palms for the

production of palm oil.

Effects

Conversion from natural forests to oil palm plantations:

destroys native foods and habitats of endangered species like

orangutans.