Every hour, areas equal to 300 football fields are destroyed to make way for Asian palm oil plantations.
According to the Huffington Post, palm oil is seemingly everywhere--from food to consumer goods.
And its cultivation is destroying entire ecosystems, endangering wildlife, and polluting the air.
Palm oil producers are known to illegally seize indigenous lands, and to employ forced and child labor.
One way to help curb palm oil demand is for people to reduce consumption.