Hello Bloggers, this term Davos (my literacy group) have been working on how to write a persuasive piece of writing. First, we looked at infomercials and how they persuaded people to buy the product. Then the teachers taught us the O.R.E.O format of writing a persuasive piece of writing. O.R.E.O format is Opinion Reason Examples and Opinion restated. I started to write why Palm Oil Plantations Needs To Be Stop. I brainstormed with the teacher and used writing on the brainstorm and put it into my own writing. If you got any feedback put it in the comments. How will you educate people to stop using palm oil?

Palm Oil Plantations Needs To Be Stop

How would you feel if someone came and bulldozed your house for a new road? For our worlds orangutans, this is a very real problem. Their natural habitat is being destroyed. Soon, their home will be taken away. I believe that humans should save orangutans and stop palm oil plantations immediately.

Did you know that the orangutan’s habitats are being burnt for palm oil plantations? This is due to consumers buying products that contain palm oil. According to The National Geographic, between 1990 and 2016 we lost 1.3 million sq/km of forest due to palm oil forestry. Not only is it destroying the habitats but the smoke is choking animals in the forest. 

Cheap products use palm because it’s cheaper and cooking oil is expensive to use in products. Palm oil is found in cheaply made products like 2-minute Noodles,  chocolate, chips, shampoo and make-up. These cheap products are costing the habitats of orangutans.

25 Orangutans are being killed a day with Habitats being destroyed which is leading to them becoming endangered and possibly extinct. The parents get killed because people find no use for parent orangutans. The baby orangutans die or get taken away to an animal care centre. If the orangutans are left to die this could mean the species are going to be extinct, they are already endangered. According to Greenpeace, 25 Orangutans are being killed a day and according to the Orangutan Conservancy 2000-3000, a year are being killed.

 believe that humans should stop palm oil plantations immediately before the habits of the orangutans get destroyed. If you go to a food market or the supermarket make sure to check the ingredients for palm oil. How can educate other people to help?