the effects of palm oil-orangutan foundation international of myanmar

The Effects of Palm Oil Palm oil fuels large-scale deforestation and pushes orangutans closer to extinction. The mission of Orangutan Foundation International is to support the conservation, protection, and understanding of orangutans and their rainforest habitat while caring for ex-captive orphan orangutans as they make their way back

Every hour 300 football fields of precious remaining forest is being ploughed to the ground across South East Asia to make way for palm oil plantations. Palm oil is used in everything from snack foods to soaps. It is found in over half all packaged items on our supermarket shelves. In the last 20 years, over 3.5 million hectares of Indonesian

Male orangutan infants are lightning bolts packed with energy and if there is one orangutan who can be guaranteed to be in the thick of it, that is Levy. The Effects of Palm Oil Palm oil fuels large-scale deforestation and pushes orangutans closer to extinction. The mission of Orangutan Foundation International is to support the

Orangutan Foundation International (OFI) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the conservation of wild orangutans and their rainforest habitat. OFI also supports research on orangutans and forests, education initiatives, both local and international, and brings awareness concerning orangutans wherever it can.

In the last 20 years, over 3.5 million hectares of Indonesian and Malaysian forest have been destroyed to make way for palm oil. Almost 80% of orangutan habitat has disappeared in the last 20 years. We are losing over 6,000 orangutans a year. There are now only 400 Sumatran tigers left in the world. We must stop this devastation in its tracks

The demand for palm oil is increasing, both in Indonesia and globally. For instance, Denmark imports more than 150,000 tons of palm oil annually despite an intensified international focus on the environmental consequences of palm oil. Palm oil as a vegetable oil is added in food, cleaning materials, and several other products.

Arbain, the Green Team and Camp Leakey’s employees are all working to protect Borneo from corporate greed a mission that is looking more hopeful as the issue gains international exposure from NFPs like the Orangutan Foundation International, Palm Oil Investigations and The Orangutan Project. But there is still a long way to go.

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Promoting sustainable palm oil production: In 2004, WWF helped set up the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil. This promotes the production and use of sustainable palm oil, which ensures that income is filtered down to local people and forests that are deemed to be of ‘high conservation value’ aren’t cut down to make way for oil palm

Orangutan Foundation International highlights the dire consequences of palm oil production: “In Sumatra at least 10.8 million hectares have been opened up for palm oil plantations. The situation in Borneo is similar. Large scale conversion of tropical rain forests has had an absolutely devastating impact on biodiversity in both Borneo and