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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.

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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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In what has become an increasingly common sight in this upscale suburb of Minneapolis, homeless orangutans have once again been spotted protesting the agribusiness giant Cargill in locations across the Wayzata, MN region.

EU Commission Gives Increasingly Controversial Palm Oil Green Stamp

The European Commission's recent decision to accept palm oil as a "sustainable" transport fuel for the European Union is a huge set back for the protection of Indonesia's remaining forests.

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Demand transparency from Cargill about what palm oil suppliers it does business with.
With palm oil in half of all the products sold in US grocery stores, we deserve to know: What is Cargill doing to keep the worst of the worst palm oil out of its supply chain? Demand transparency now.

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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.
Cargill’s Legacy of Destruction: Case Study of a Cargill Owned Plantation in Indonesia
A case study on PT Harapan Sawit Lestari, an oil palm plantation owned and operated by the U.S. multinational corporation, Cargill.
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