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Truth and Consequences: Palm Oil Plantations Push Unique Orangutan Population to Brink of Extinction

A manmade inferno inside the globally renowned Tripa rainforest in Aceh, Indonesia is pushing this forest’s unique population of Sumatran orangutans to the brink of extinction. Destruction inside palm oil plantation leases is driving the end of this great lowland forest, despite years of efforts by local communities to defend their forests and livelihood.

Girl Scouts and Palm Oil

When they were just eleven years old, Michigan Girl Scouts Madison Vorva and Rhiannon Tomtishen discovered an alarming fact while completing research for their Girl Scout Bronze Awards: most Girl Scout cookies are packed with palm oil, an ingredient that causes the destruction of irreplaceable rainforests and threatens the survival of humankind’s closest relative, orangutans.

Undesired Consequences of the Industrial Food Complex

The connection between deforestation-related emissions and agricultural expansion is well documented. According to the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), agriculture and deforestation account for roughly one third of global greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. Take for example, the rapid expansion of three globally-traded agricultural commodities into tropical rainforests: soy, palm oil and cattle.

Getting Real About Biofuels

The only “green” in agrofuels is the color of corporate profits

Problem with Palm Oil Factsheet

Palm oil is in products Americans use everyday, from breakfast cereal to cleaning supplies. It’s also destroying rainforests, communities and the global climate.
Truth and Consequences: Palm Oil Plantations Push Unique Orangutan Population to Brink of Extinction
A manmade inferno inside the globally renowned Tripa rainforest in Aceh, Indonesia is pushing this forest’s unique population of Sumatran orangutans to the brink of extinction. Destruction inside palm oil plantation leases is driving the end of this great lowland forest, despite years of efforts by local communities to defend their forests and livelihood.
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Recent Blog Posts

Is Palm Oil Healthy?

Could it be true that palm oil is not only bad for orangutans, but for our health too? According to institutions such as the World Health Organization (WHO) and the National Heart, Blood and Lung Institute, the answer is yes.

Is Dr. Oz Shilling for the Malaysian Palm Oil Mafia?

'Health Expert' Bryce Wylde Introducing Dr. Oz to Miracles of Palm Oil

The public controversy around “America’s Doctor” is heating up.

Dr. Oz Responds to the Pressure, But Doesn't Go Far Enough To Correct His Mistake

Thanks to the 14,430 (and counting) of you who signed the petition we created along with Orangutan Outreach, Dr. Oz has begun to tell his viewers the full story about palm oil—on his blog.

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Dr. Oz: Stop promoting environmentally disastrous palm oil!
Call on Dr. Oz to reconsider promoting destructive palm oil to thousands of consumers who will unwittingly be contributing to the demise of tropical rainforests and all the fragile species that depend on them.

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Truth and Consequences: Palm Oil Plantations Push Unique Orangutan Population to Brink of Extinction
A manmade inferno inside the globally renowned Tripa rainforest in Aceh, Indonesia is pushing this forest’s unique population of Sumatran orangutans to the brink of extinction. Destruction inside palm oil plantation leases is driving the end of this great lowland forest, despite years of efforts by local communities to defend their forests and livelihood.
Cargill's Problems With Palm Oil
This report documents systemic failures in agribusiness giant Cargill's supply chain.
Duta Palma: Case Study of a Palm Oil Supplier in Indonesia
A case study on Duta Palma Nusantara, one of Indonesia’s top ten oil palm producers, whose dirty operations are threatening the country's rich rainforests.
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