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Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries

The council of palm oil producing countries is like a group of friends who all really like to eat popcorn. But instead of popcorn, they all really like to use this thing called palm oil. Palm oil is made from these little nuts that grow on trees in certain parts of the world, like Indonesia and Malaysia. These countries make a lot of palm oil and they decided to create a group together, like a club, to work together and make sure they all get what they want when it comes to palm oil.

You see, people use palm oil for lots of things, like making soap and even some food like peanut butter. But sometimes people get upset about palm oil because making it can hurt the environment and even the animals that live there. So, the council of palm oil producing countries wants to make sure that everyone knows how to make palm oil in a way that is nice to the environment and doesn't hurt animals. They also want to make sure that everyone who wants palm oil knows where to get it, and that they can keep making it and selling it for a long time.

So, the council of palm oil producing countries is like a club of friends who all like the same thing and they work together to make sure everyone is happy and they can all keep enjoying palm oil for a very long time.