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Loading...How Palm Oil Threatens Orangutans (VIDEO)
Palm Oil is found in many products at the supermarket. It makes crisps crispy and soap soapy. But what does it do to the environment and the animals that live there?
Expansion of palm oil plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia has destroyed the habitats of orangutans and other endangered species.
This video from the World Wildlife Fund combines some beautiful photography with information about the threat, and urges you to buy products with sustainable palm oil.
A few years ago, I went to see the orangutans in East Malaysia and had to drive through miles of palm oil plantations to get to the small jungle area saved for them. Sad.
Read more: biodiversity, endangered species, environment & wildlife, indonesia, malaysia, orangutans, palm oil
Photo credit: Chester Zoo
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+ add your ownPlease boycott all palm oil until the killing of the orangutans and the destruction of the rain forest is stopped!
DON'T BUY PALM OIL, IT'S THE ONLY WAY.
OMG,i just know the truth,thx alot!!!
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A big thing I learned when I joined the group was that Palmolive products mean palm oil.We all need to do what we can to save the rainforests and thus the Orangutans.
As a consumer I demand to know what I am buying!!!!!! this has to be stopped! Why do we have this product in the first place? Who invented the crap?
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Read the labels everyone, that is the only way of knowing what you are eating and what the contends are.
Thank you sooo much for posting this--I was (dumbly) unaware. Time for me to read the ingredients while in the store, make a note, and replace the product on the shelf-- unpurchased-- until I do some homework on the manufacturer via web.
Slight adjustment in my shopping approach is not really a big effort, but an effort I will be passionate about.
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anu
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