As recently as 1990, there were 60,000 hectares of swamp forest in Tripa: now just 10,000 remain, the rest grubbed up to make way for palm oil plantations servicing the needs of some of the world's biggest brands. Over the same period, the population of 2,000 orangutans has dwindled to just 200.
"They shouldn't be developing it but the power of commerce and capital subverts all legislation in this country. There is no law enforcement or rule of law,"
A group of fishermen spotted Gokong Puntung and his mother trapped in a single tree and unable to reach the rest of the forest without coming down. The men apparently decided to try to grab the baby in the hope of selling it. One climbed the tree, forcing the mother to fall to the ground, where another man set about her and beat her with a length of timber. In the confusion, mother and baby became separated and the fishermen were able to get away. They sold the animal for less than £6 to a plantation worker.
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[quote="RegencyCheltenhamSpa"]As recently as 1990, there were 60,000 hectares of swamp forest in Tripa: now just 10,000 remain, the rest grubbed up to make way for palm oil plantations servicing the needs of some of the world's biggest brands. Over the same period, the population of 2,000 orangutans has dwindled to just 200.
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Maybe the Greens should look at themselves in the mirror. If they weren't so obsessed having everything "Natural" and not "synthetic" then the demand for palm oil would not be there. The main use is to provide the raw material for bio-fuel.
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Maybe the Greens should look at themselves in the mirror. If they weren't so obsessed having everything "Natural" and not "synthetic" then the demand for palm oil would not be there. The main use is to provide the raw material for bio-fuel.