Orangutans on the brink
Orangutan means "old man of the forest" in Malay
Orangutan means "old man of the forest" in Malay
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Orangutans
are endangered in many areas in the wild as rapid deforestation
and the expansion of palm oil plantations continue. They need our protection. It
costs $3,000 a year to rescue and rehabilitate and release each
orangutan. $250 a month will feed just one adult Orangutan.
With your help, we can give orangutans a future.
The facts on palm oil
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/palm-oil
Your shopping trolley
The challenge of saving the Orangutan - man's closest relative - from extinction is trickling down to the weekly shop.
Many products that use palm oil aren't clearly labeled. Palm oil and its derivatives can appear under many names, look for....
INGREDIENTS on the package: Vegetable Oil, Vegetable Fat, Palm Kernel, Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Fruit Oil, Palmate, Palmitate, Palmolein, Glyceryl, Stearate, Stearic Acid, Elaeis Guineensis, Palmitic Acid, Palm Stearine, Palmitoyl Oxostearamide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-3, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Kernelate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Lauryl Lactylate/Sulphate, Hyrated Palm Glycerides, Etyl Palmitate, Octyl Palmitate, Palmityl Alcohol
All CONTAINS: Palm oil
Please note: Whether the product companies have made any changes to there oil contact is unknown by me. You can either contact them via there label info. Or just look at the ingredients.
Many
of the biscuits, margarines, breads, crisps,lipstick and even bars of soap that
consumers pick off supermarket shelves contain an ingredient that is
feeding a growth industry that conservationists say is killing the
orangutans.
In June this year a thick haze descended over Singapore, causing record air pollution levels which left streets empty and forcing children, the sick and elderly to stay indoors. It was attributed to the illegal burning of forests in Indonesia to clear land to plant palm oil. It was a visible reminder of a practice which has been continuing for years but, say environmental groups, which must be stopped.
I am all for the development of peoples growth and lifestyle but the cost is high to our friend and relative. So sad.
Sadly I wanted to have a link here for LIVE CAMS on Orangutans but only found zoos. And I will not put links here for anything that lives in cages. Whether for the good of the animal or not.
About Orangutans
Once widespread throughout the forests of Asia, orangutans are now found
on just two islands, Sumatra and Borneo. There are two genetically
distinct species: the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
The two species look slightly different: Sumatran orangutans have
lighter hair and a longer beard than their Bornean relatives, and
Sumatran males have narrower cheekpads. Both species are highly
endangered due to habitat loss and poaching.
Orangutans breed more slowly than any other primate, with the female having a baby on average only once every 7-8 years. Infants are dependent on their mothers for at least five years, learning about survival in the forest. Orangutans live for around 45 years in the wild, and a female will usually have no more than 3 offspring in her lifetime. This means that orangutan populations grow very slowly, and take a long time to recover from habitat disturbance and hunting. The orangutan is one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, sharing 96.4% of our DNA. Indigenous peoples of Indonesia and Malaysia call this ape "Orang Hutan" which literally translates as "Person of the Forest"
Orangutans
are unique in many ways. They are the only Great Ape in Southeast Asia,
and the only Great Ape (other than humans) found outside Africa. They
are the only 'red' ape, and the only strictly arboreal ape, meaning that
they spend their lives in the forest canopy, even building nests in the
trees in which to sleep. The other Great Apes (chimpanzees, bonobos and
gorillas) do climb and build nests in the trees, but tend to spend
their lives on the ground.
Orangutans also differ from the other Great Apes in that they do not live in family groups. The largest family unit is a female and two offspring, and males and females usually meet up only to breed. This semi-solitary lifestyle is thought to have evolved due to the unpredictability of available food. Orangutans primarily eat fruit, and spend up to 60% of their time foraging and eating.
Orangutans are highly intelligent and gentle animals. They use tools in the wild and have excellent memories, making mental maps of their forest home in order to find fruiting trees throughout the seasons.
Click here to find out why orangutans are critically endangered.
With your help, we can give orangutans a future.
The facts on palm oil
http://www.greenpeace.org.uk/forests/palm-oil
Your shopping trolley
The challenge of saving the Orangutan - man's closest relative - from extinction is trickling down to the weekly shop.
Many products that use palm oil aren't clearly labeled. Palm oil and its derivatives can appear under many names, look for....
INGREDIENTS on the package: Vegetable Oil, Vegetable Fat, Palm Kernel, Palm Kernel Oil, Palm Fruit Oil, Palmate, Palmitate, Palmolein, Glyceryl, Stearate, Stearic Acid, Elaeis Guineensis, Palmitic Acid, Palm Stearine, Palmitoyl Oxostearamide, Palmitoyl Tetrapeptide-3, Sodium Laureth Sulfate, Sodium Lauryl Sulfate, Sodium Kernelate, Sodium Palm Kernelate, Sodium Lauryl Lactylate/Sulphate, Hyrated Palm Glycerides, Etyl Palmitate, Octyl Palmitate, Palmityl Alcohol
All CONTAINS: Palm oil
In June this year a thick haze descended over Singapore, causing record air pollution levels which left streets empty and forcing children, the sick and elderly to stay indoors. It was attributed to the illegal burning of forests in Indonesia to clear land to plant palm oil. It was a visible reminder of a practice which has been continuing for years but, say environmental groups, which must be stopped.
Palm
oil is in hundreds of products, from detergents and cosmetics to
biscuits and now biofuels. But the burning of forests is destroying the
habitat of endangered wildlife, destroying woodland and releasing carbon
dioxide from the peat.
Sadly I wanted to have a link here for LIVE CAMS on Orangutans but only found zoos. And I will not put links here for anything that lives in cages. Whether for the good of the animal or not.
About Orangutans
Once widespread throughout the forests of Asia, orangutans are now found
on just two islands, Sumatra and Borneo. There are two genetically
distinct species: the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii) and the Bornean orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus).
The two species look slightly different: Sumatran orangutans have
lighter hair and a longer beard than their Bornean relatives, and
Sumatran males have narrower cheekpads. Both species are highly
endangered due to habitat loss and poaching.
Orangutans breed more slowly than any other primate, with the female having a baby on average only once every 7-8 years. Infants are dependent on their mothers for at least five years, learning about survival in the forest. Orangutans live for around 45 years in the wild, and a female will usually have no more than 3 offspring in her lifetime. This means that orangutan populations grow very slowly, and take a long time to recover from habitat disturbance and hunting. The orangutan is one of our closest relatives in the animal kingdom, sharing 96.4% of our DNA. Indigenous peoples of Indonesia and Malaysia call this ape "Orang Hutan" which literally translates as "Person of the Forest"
Orangutans
are unique in many ways. They are the only Great Ape in Southeast Asia,
and the only Great Ape (other than humans) found outside Africa. They
are the only 'red' ape, and the only strictly arboreal ape, meaning that
they spend their lives in the forest canopy, even building nests in the
trees in which to sleep. The other Great Apes (chimpanzees, bonobos and
gorillas) do climb and build nests in the trees, but tend to spend
their lives on the ground.
Orangutans also differ from the other Great Apes in that they do not live in family groups. The largest family unit is a female and two offspring, and males and females usually meet up only to breed. This semi-solitary lifestyle is thought to have evolved due to the unpredictability of available food. Orangutans primarily eat fruit, and spend up to 60% of their time foraging and eating.
Orangutans are highly intelligent and gentle animals. They use tools in the wild and have excellent memories, making mental maps of their forest home in order to find fruiting trees throughout the seasons.
Click here to find out why orangutans are critically endangered.
We are doing everything we can and the more we can all do
the more success there will be for our friends
I would like to thank the Orangutan-sos society for allowing me to help them and everything they do for our friends in Sumatra. I would also like to thank them for the use of videos and images and text to help put this blog post together.
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