trees are strong and our work here is a lot more environmentally friendly than many people realize furley of this year he was shocked by news that the european union had decided to phase out palm oil for use in transport fuel by 2030 he says the time frame is far too short to grow new replacement plantations. and he argues that the use preferred choice of soy or rapeseed or even worse for the environment. sure can grow soybeans here but you need 5 times as much land for the same you so it will mean chopping down more forests around the world to make space and that's exactly what the e.u. doesn't want. the local village is getting ready for a wedding feast malaysia has many communities like this one that are heavily dependent on palm oil like saudi money how easy the father of the bride is a small scale farmer other villagers make their living transporting the fruit or repairing the harvesters. this bubbling pot of stew simmers with chili and garlic and palm oil. the chicken has been marinated in palm oil and the cake that mrs hariri is serving is baked with you guessed it palm oil. no i d