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Deforestation or Murder? Why Orangutans are Going Extinct ›

“Conservationists have made the orangutan a symbol of what will be lost if we do not halt tropical deforestation. But data tell a more nuanced story. In Kalimantan on the island of Borneo, humans murder so many orangutans each year (on average, between 1,970 and 3,100 annually) that this rate of killing is enough to tip the species towards inexorable extinction. These numbers are part of a new study just published in the journal PLoS One and co-authored by a group of Nature Conservancy scientists, who interviewed almost 7,000 people from 687 villages in Kalimantan.”

#orangutans #deforestation #conservation #borneo #animals #primates #animal cruelty

∞ January 13, 2012 at 08:00am

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bryphotography:

Daniel Beltra’s background in biology and forestry engineering helped mold his career as photography intersected his life’s path.

On Monday (August 29, 2011),I had the honor of meeting Daniel and viewing some of his wonderful imagery of the deforestation in the Amazon and the BP oil spill, while he talked about his experiences from the places he has visited and his hope driven passion for the conservation of this planet.

www.danielbeltra.com

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#Daniel Beltra #BP Oil Spill #Deforestation #Conservation Photography

∞ October 09, 2011 at 01:15pm

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bryphotography:

Daniel Beltra’s background in biology and forestry engineering helped mold his career as photography intersected his life’s path.

On Monday (August 29, 2011),I had the honor of meeting Daniel and viewing some of his wonderful imagery of the deforestation in the Amazon and the BP oil spill, while he talked about his experiences from the places he has visited and his hope driven passion for the conservation of this planet.

www.danielbeltra.com

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#Daniel Beltra #BP Oil Spill #Deforestation #Conservation Photography

∞ September 04, 2011 at 04:03pm

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debbiejo:

Orangutan habitat has been decreasing, as seen in this map of Borneo by Hugo Ahlenius, UNEP/GRID-Arendal.

Orangutan distribution on Borneo (Indonesia, Malaysia). (2007). In UNEP/GRID-Arendal Maps and Graphics Library. Retrieved March 17, 2011 from http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/orangutan-distribution-on-borneo-indonesia-malaysia.

Not cool guys. Orangutans are the only Asian ape and our not-so-distant cousins.

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#borneo #orangutan #animals #habitat #deforestation #forest #endangered species

∞ April 04, 2011 at 05:00am

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Don’t Palm It Off

make-a-ruckus:

Palm Oil is an ingredient in a scary amount of consumer goods. Demand for palm oil has grown, and rainforests are paying the price. Indonesia’s rainforests are being ravaged at an alarming pace. This is not only destroying the habitat of endangered species such as the Sumatran Orangutan, but also entire forest communities. Also, due to palm oil deforestation, Indonesia is the third largest emitter of greenhouse gases.

This needs to be addressed.

There will be a protest rally this Saturday, 12th of March, at Hyde Park in Sydney from 11am -2pm. Hope to see you there, making a ruckus.

For more, see www.palmoilaction.org.au

If you’re in Sydney, get out and participate!

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#palm oil #plantations #deforestation #environment #sustainability #australia #indoensia #rainforest

∞ March 10, 2011 at 02:57pm

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theinformedvegan:

70% of rainforest deforestation is the result of cattle farming.

“We have all heard of the web of life. The way we live threatens to trap us all in a web of death.” - Ban Ki Moon, UN Secretary General

#deforestation #cattle #meat #trees #environment

∞ March 07, 2011 at 10:40am

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allcreatures:

A displaced orangutan walking on a road that is part of fresh clearing for palm oil plantation in Sampit district in Central Kalimantan in Borneo island. More than 1,000 captive orangutans set for release into the wild on Borneo island are being sent into a ‘killing field’ of illegal logging and poaching, Baktiantoro said. Indonesia has reserved 86,450 hectares of forest in Muara Wahau, East Kalimantan province, for the rehabilitation of 1,200 captive big apes over the next four years but warned that the endangered mammals were being sent to their deaths unless the government also managed to stop illegal logging and poaching, which is rampant in the region. Photograph: Hardi Baktiantoro/Centre For Orangutan Protection/AFP/Getty Images

This is not how orangutans are supposed to live. They cannot live in these conditions. We are killing our relatives.

#the guardian #orangutan #animal #primate #palm oil #borneo #deforestation #habitat destruction

∞ February 19, 2011 at 12:36pm

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therecipe:

Staggering Man, you could ruin everything.

Good-bye 97% of forest. Hello 97% chance of collapse.

#virgin forest #old-growth forest #forest #deforestation #collapse #usa #logging #environment

∞ February 17, 2011 at 05:20pm

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doitdoitdoitnow:

An image of Mowgli and the gang lined up for execution in front of a clear-felled forest, created for Greenpeace as a piece about deforestation by the graffiti and urban artist Banksy.

From the guardian.co.uk

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#banksy #greenpeace #the jungle book #disney #deforestation #environment

∞ January 13, 2011 at 12:04pm

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