Pregnant orang-utan pictured Focusing on Wildlife
A starving, heavily pregnant orang-utan clings to a solitary tree high above what had been pristine rainforest for millennia till giant bulldozers moved in and flattened it in days. Boon-Mee was too weak and frightened to leave the trunk where she had sought sanctuary as the machines tore down her jungle in Borneo,
The results of the investigations are definitive. Palm oil is being grown illegally inside the nationally protected Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve, and it is being sold to mills that provide the palm oil used to manufacture snack foods sold across the world by Unilever, Nestlé, PepsiCo, Mondelēz, General Mills, Kellogg’s, Mars and Hershey.
The Problem With Palm Oil Fight for the Forests TakePart
Palm oil, the ubiquitous ingredient in scores of food and cosmetics products, is responsible for the destruction of rainforests to orangutans, tigers, and other endangered wildlife. Here's
A palm oil plantation encroaches on a wildlife reserve (500sq km) in Malaysia (Picture: Getty Images) Have you ever heard of palm oil? If not, you’re guaranteed to have tried it because it
8 things to know about palm oil WWF
Furthermore, palm oil is an important crop for the GDP of emerging economies and there are millions of smallholder farmers who depend on producing palm oil for their livelihood. Boycotting palm oil is not always the answer, but demanding more
Neville argues that the palm oil industry has done more than any other sort of agribusiness to try to strike a more sustainable balance between economic growth and environmental protection, but continues to fall under global scrutiny. More palm oil growers are adopting policies committing them to responsible production, she says.
5 problems with ‘sustainable’ palm oil Greenpeace UK
2. Palm oil is a major cause of forest destruction. The palm oil industry has been a disaster for the world’s forests, wildlife and climate. Palm oil is mostly grown in Indonesia and Malaysia, two tropical countries with large areas of rainforest to tigers, orangutans and other species that are found nowhere else on earth.
The vast majority of palm oil growers in Indonesia are not mitigating the social and environmental impacts of their plantations, found a 2014 report by the EIA called “Permitting Crime.” In the palm oil concessions, or cultivation areas, studied for the report, the estimated rate of
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26 May 2024 (10 daily) In May, the Indonesian government ordered the country’s palm oil companies refrain from releasing data about production to the public citing national security, privacy and competition reasons.. Environmental groups slammed this decision as a move away from transparency for the palm oil industry, which already faces widespread criticism for destroying diverse rainforest
Palm oil is destroying the natural habitat of orangutans and causing mass deforestation. Sign this petition if you want to see change!