This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Rejected petition Stop Deforestation and Save the animals.Start Afforestation.
Iceland (the food store) made an advert about the impacts of deforestation and us planting palm oil.It was shut down and banned from the TV as companies did't want us citizens to know the truth.After the advert was shut down Iceland pledged for all there food to never contain palm oil.
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10 species are wiped out every day.Every second 1 acre and a half of trees is destroyed.Animals lose their habitat just for paper and palm oil.
50% of our food contains palm oil.In 100 years there may be no more rainforest. We are the first generation to know about this and could be the last to do anything about it
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Why was this petition rejected?
It’s not clear what the petition is asking the UK Government or Parliament to do.
We understand you are concerned about deforestation but we aren't sure what action you would like the UK Government or Parliament to take.
You might like to sign this petition about palm oil:
https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/233012
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