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Majority of the logging is illegal, and with the rapid expansion of the palm oil industry, extraction rates have exponentially increased over the past 40 years. [7] Deforestation is extremely harmful to orangutans because the forest is their habitat. As this deforestation continues, the orangutans will be exposed to humans more often.
The production of palm oil requires intensive deforestation and this has led to a gradual loss of flora and fauna in the areas where land is cleared for the cultivation of palm oil. [18] Tropical rainforests in countries including Malaysia and Indonesia have been the most ideal countries to have large palm oil plantations as they provide the ...
A major factor has been the conversion of vast areas of tropical forest to palm oil plantations in response to international demand. Hunting is also a major problem, as is the illegal pet trade. [118] [119] Orangutans may be killed for the bushmeat trade [125] and bones are secretly sold in souvenir shops in several cities in Indonesian Borneo ...
According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, the Sumatran orangutan is on the critically endangered list. This distinction means that the species faces an extremely high ...
Boycotting palm oil would increase production of other crops, such as soy, which actually require more land. Palm oil boycott could actually increase deforestation – sustainable products are the ...
Neither Russia nor Ukraine produces palm oil, a tropical commodity, but Moscow's invasion has triggered knock-on effects across today's intricately interconnected global economy.
The RSPO has been criticised by various sectors, especially the environmental NGOs.Issues include the impact of palm oil plantations on the orangutan population; destruction of tropical forest for the new oil palm plantations; the burning and draining of large tracts of peat swamp forest in Borneo, Malaysia.
China has “panda diplomacy,” Australia parades koalas at global summits, and now Malaysia plans to join the Asia-Pacific trend for adorable ambassadors, by gifting orangutans to countries that ...