Palm Oil Plantations Embrace Biodiversity In Attempt To Change Environmentally Destructive Reputation
Nov 20, 2010, www.huffingtonpost.com | “Palm oil plantations carry a history of controversy. The cash crop is used for fuel and food, but at the same time, it destroys rainforests. But one plantation’s manager is ready to take action. A nature reserve has been created on the plantation, populated by rare trees. The manager’s goal is to increase the plant diversity to 500 plant variations.”
“It’s a start…”Palm Oil Plantations Embrace Biodiversity In Attempt To Change Environmentally Destructive Reputatiowww.huffingtonpost.com
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kesiorangutanvideo.html The biggest problem with their reputation is that they have destroyed the lives of thousands of Orangutans, which can’t really be brought back, unless they devoted a section to orangutan rehab centers for the babies. Maybe after they get the biodiversity going they could reintroduce some orangutans!”Judith Green @Listen, thank you for speaking up for our red ape friends! We are kindred spirits. Part of the good news is that eventually this may well provide habitat for displaced orangutans. And, it is grass roots activists like you and like me who have helped push palm oil plantations away from monocultures.
There are many groups and causes on facebook dedicated to saving orangutans. Please consider joining if you haven’t already
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