{"id":6822,"date":"2017-09-02T09:01:43","date_gmt":"2017-09-02T16:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2025-11-06T17:34:51","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T01:34:51","slug":"orangutan-news-glimmer-of-hope-for-the-orangutan-as-palm-oil-company-bows-to-peat-forest-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/orangutan-news-glimmer-of-hope-for-the-orangutan-as-palm-oil-company-bows-to-peat-forest-pressure\/","title":{"rendered":"Orangutan News: Glimmer of Hope for the Orangutan as Palm Oil Company Bows to Peat Forest Pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/orangutan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/138041_247396-e1504367874942.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"367\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6823\" \/><br \/>\n<strong>From Greenpeace International<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the first time ever, a palm oil company has been forced to restore rainforest and peatland in order to continue supplying the global market. <\/p>\n<p>Under pressure from customers and civil society, Malaysian palm oil company FGV has promised to restore over 1,000 hectares of the peat forest in West Kalimantan, Indonesia.<\/p>\n<p>FGV is a subsidiary of FELDA, the world\u2019s largest palm oil grower. <\/p>\n<p>Bagus Kusuma, Forest campaigner with Greenpeace Southeast Asia, said it was a sign that corporate \u2018no deforestation\u2019 policies were finally starting to bite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It sends a serious warning that other destructive palm oil companies should heed: deforestation has consequences,\u201d Kusuma said.<\/p>\n<p>The good news couldn&#8217;t come at a better time for Indonesia&#8217;s forests and its inhabitants.<\/p>\n<p>A report released last week by Indonesia\u2019s Environment and Forestry Ministry confirmed that the number of orangutans has plummeted since 2004. <\/p>\n<p><em>This excerpt from a news article appeared in and is courtesy of Greenpeace International and can be read in its entirety <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/international\/en\/news\/Blogs\/makingwaves\/its-official-orangutans-are-on-the-decline-an\/blog\/60137\/\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Greenpeace International For the first time ever, a palm oil company has been forced to restore rainforest and peatland in order to continue supplying the global market. 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