{"id":6273,"date":"2016-11-30T10:03:07","date_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=6273"},"modified":"2016-11-30T10:03:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-30T18:03:07","slug":"orangutan-news-palm-oil-kills-orangutans-but-can-the-industry-help-save-the-great-apes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/orangutan-news-palm-oil-kills-orangutans-but-can-the-industry-help-save-the-great-apes\/","title":{"rendered":"Orangutan News: Palm Oil Kills Orangutans, but Can the Industry Help Save the Great Apes?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By John R. Platt for TakePart<\/strong><\/p>\n

Well, here\u2019s a paradox: Palm oil plantations are notorious for destroying orangutan habitat on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra and pushing the animals to extinction. But the cooperation of the palm oil industry may be needed if there\u2019s hope to prevent the same thing from happening to other great ape species, according to a new report.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt took 30 years for palm oil to really embed itself in Southeast Asia,\u201d said Doug Cress, program coordinator for the Great Apes Survival Partnership<\/a>, a United Nations program. \u201cIt will take half that time in Africa. We\u2019ve got to move quickly or we\u2019ll lose a lot of important species.\u201d<\/p>\n

A new report from GRASP called Palm Oil Paradox<\/em><\/a> argues that one of the keys to saving the world\u2019s great ape species\u2014two-thirds of which are critically endangered\u2014is to enlist the aid of the most environmentally responsible companies in the $62 billion\u2013a\u2013year palm oil industry. Among the report\u2019s recommendations are setting aside priority ape conservation sites called \u201cno-go\u201d zones and placing certified sustainable palm oil plantations right up against great ape habitats so the companies can safeguard their neighboring apes.<\/p>\n

This excerpt from a news article appeared in and is courtesy of TakePart and can be read in its entirety here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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