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Gallery See photos and videos of orangutans and other wild animals. Tanjung Puting Read about the world famous Tanjung Puting National Park. Rainforest Facts Learn all about Tropical Rainforests of Indonesian Borneo; The Effects of Palm Oil Palm oil fuels large-scale deforestation and pushes orangutans closer to extinction.
The main threat to the survival of orangutan populations in the wild is the massive expansion of palm oil plantations in Borneo and Sumatra. Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil in the world, having even surpassed soya in terms of usage.
Bornean orangutan
The Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus) is a species of orangutan native to the island of Borneo.Together with the Sumatran orangutan and Tapanuli orangutan, it belongs to the only genus of great apes native to Asia.Like the other great apes, orangutans are highly intelligent, displaying tool use and distinct cultural patterns in the wild.
Orangutan Foundation International, Los Angeles, California. 220K likes. OFI is dedicated to saving orangutans and their habitat.
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Palm oil producers are wiping out orangutans despite multinationals’ promises Chris Packham Some of the world’s biggest companies are failing in their pledge to stop deforestation by 2024.
Sydney Gavin How has the Palm Oil Industry Impacted the Orangutan Population? (Aslund) What is the Palm Oil Industry? An industry where palm oil trees are harvested for their oils
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Not only is Palm Oil bad for the environment, and a major cause of climate change, but it is also the leading cause of orangutan extinction. Every year it is estimated that between 1,000 to 5,000 orangutans are killed in Palm Oil concessions.
T he Orangutan Foundation International works to protect wild orangutans and their rainforest habitat, as well as to rehabilitate wildborn ex-captive orphan orangutans for life in the wild. OFI’s goal is, ultimately, to save orangutan populations from extinction and to better the lives of individual orangutans. To achieve this goal, OFI has
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Gallery See photos and videos of orangutans and other wild animals. Tanjung Puting Read about the world famous Tanjung Puting National Park. Rainforest Facts Learn all about Tropical Rainforests of Indonesian Borneo; The Effects of Palm Oil Palm oil fuels large-scale deforestation and pushes orangutans closer to extinction.
Orangutans fight for survival as thirst for palm oil devastates rainforests This article is more than 6 years old Palm oil plantations are destroying the Sumatran apes' habitat, leaving just 200
