Prince Harry has called for there to be clearer warnings about the affects palm oil has on the environment.
The 32-year-old royal stopped off at the Iwokrama International Centre on Saturday (03.12.16) where he spoke of his concerns over the use of the edible vegetable oil derived from the mesocarp of the fruit of the oil palms, and how it’s just as bad as tobacco smoke.
According to The Daily Express newspaper, he said: " The demand for palm oil – it’s such a sad story.
"They should put a warning on palm oil like cigarette packets – you can use it but this is the damage it’s causing."
Harry is known for his conservation work and spent the summer months helping relocate 500 elephants in Malawi.
He was involved in one of the biggest conservation projects in history and was praised by President Peter Mutharika.
Taking to Instagram at the time, Mutharika wrote: "I was pleased to note that His Highness, who is on a private visit to Malawi, is committed just like I am, to the conservation of wildlife and conservation and protection of nature (sic)."
Harry is not the only royal to take matters about the environment seriously.
His father, Prince Charles, recently expressed his fears for the planet.
The future king is a huge environmental campaigner and is very concerned about the "depressing trajectory" of wildlife loss on Earth and the impact it will have on Princes William and Harry.
He previously said: "As a father and grandfather I worry deeply about the world we are leaving behind for our successors. We are rapidly destroying our means of survival.
"Clearly we are not living within the environmental limits of our plants. Populations of vertebrate species have declined by more than half from 1970. We are on a deeply depressing trajectory to witness the sixth global mass extinction in our planet.
"We are ushering in a new era. It’s alarming to realise that after 4.5 billion years that a change in epoch has been due to the activities of just a single species."
Prince Harry: palm oil needs health warning
