The Palm

benefits. Different oilseeds and nuts, as well as animal fats, have served as the source for these fats. Among these, palm oil has been historically one of the most commonly used fats in the world. African populations have traditionally relied upon red palm oil and coconut oil, as well as groundnut and sesame oil. Palm oil is from the fruit of the oil palm, Elaeis guineensis. Palm oil and coconut oil gained a bad press in the past few decades because of their extremely high saturated fat…

The first reason why palm oil production should stop is because of its harmful effects on the environment. The first of these environmental effects is deforestation or, in other words, forest loss. Deforestation the the act of removing trees, destroying forests and causing many violent acts in order to turn the wild life into another place. Between the years 2000 and 2012, Malaysia had the world’s highest forest loss rate only because they wanted palm oil as an ingredient in their products…

Tropical Rainforest: Rattan Palm The Rattan Palm: The Rattan Palm is a vine that is strong and is different from other Palms because it has a climbing behavior . Location: The rattan palm is located in many different places such as tropical africa and throughout Asia East Indies and Australia but the plant is mostly found in the rain forest of the tropic Indonesia. Adaptations: The Rattan Palm has whitish spines that are located on the mid rib of its leaves. This leaves the plant…

Palm oil is in charge of expansive scale forest transformation in the tropics and broad carbon outflows, adding to global warming. As global demand for palm oil keeps on expanding, tropical forests crosswise over Southeast Asia, and progressively Africa and Latin America, are at danger for transformation into vast scale palm oil plantations. In traditional plantation agriculture, a single crop is grown over a large area planted in neat rows with well-developed network of transportation and…

The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel near Potsdam (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1996.388) is an oil painting on canvas produced in 1834 by the German painter, Carl Blechen. The piece is 52 ½ by 50 inches, depicting a scene of lush greenery and four women who have the appearance of stepping from the pages of a fantasy novel, all united within the pastel confines of ornate greenhouse walls. Despite its mystic and dream-like properties, Blechen 's Interior of the Palm House is…

estimates a supply response model for palm oil in Nigeria inclusive of price and non-price factors. In other to estimate the supply response for Nigeria palm oil production, the model of Ayanwale et al, (2011) was used, with slight modification. The supply equation is specified as a function of the production of palm oil, price of palm oil, price of competitive crop (soyabean), harvested area, rainfall in year t (mm) as climate element, interest rate, exchange rate, palm Oil import in year t…

number: #17 Do the colour of the cheeks patches of Probosciger atterimus affect its ability to be chosen as a mate? Introduction: A distinctive feature in the Probosciger atterimus (Palm Cockatoo) are their red cheek patches. This trait is found in both males and females and hence is not a product of sexual dimorphism. Palm Cockatoos are weak seasonal breeders having infrequent and unsuccessful breeding attempts. Male Cockatoos perform courtship displays at the entrance of the hollow. Males…

My family and I have always been traveling to our hometown up north. Each summer, we get out of the heated area in 29 palms desert. It is a tremendous relief to get out of the hot desert, and go to our nice hometown where they are loving animals and fresh air which is in Bakersfield. As we drive through the desert, it becomes apparent that our surroundings are filled with dirt, little brown lizards, and hot heat waves. The very few trees appear to be still, and not have any kind of movement…

Who doesn’t have a smartphone these days? In today’s modern life, smartphones are undoubtedly used for many aspects in an individual’s daily routine. Such as going on the internet to look up information from the latest weather report, to social media, and simply using the map of the smart phone to find a certain destination. Smartphones are no longer just used for calling or texting. The phones open a wide spread of availability where teachers in schools can ask their students to use their…

Today people use Internet to watch and listen their preferred TV and radio programs live, watch movies, read a newspaper or books, and one more big advantage, for some of them, is the opportunity to work remotely, without having to be physically present at the workplace. The development of the Internet was accompanied by a phenomenon of the explosion of social networks, such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. Thanks to them, people can always be in touch with their friends or to find those that have…