boycotting palm oil would merely shift – rather than counter – losses to rainforests and wildlife caused by agriculture
Bicknell, Slade & Struebig 2018 (The Conversation)

completely boycotting a particular commodity is shallow thinking at its worst
Forum for the Future 2021
it’s currently impossible to produce a novel oil with similar properties to palm or rapeseed oil at anywhere near a viable cost
Forum for the Future 2021
and – ironically for the people pushing against the use of palm oil – palm is the ideal oil to fill those gaps
Fry 2021 (Sustainable Palm Oil Choice)
All agriculture has an impact: bananas, beef, cane sugar, chocolate, coconuts, coffee, pineapples, soybeans, tea and vanilla are all produced in previously forested tropical areas.
Sumatran Orangutan Society et al 2021
