Comments on: India’s KS Oils buys 50,000 acres of Indonesian palm plantations http://redapes.org/news-updates/indias-ks-oils-buys-50000-acres-of-indonesian-palm-plantations/ Reach out and save the orangutans... Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:05:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Indian http://redapes.org/news-updates/indias-ks-oils-buys-50000-acres-of-indonesian-palm-plantations/#comment-3058 Indian Fri, 28 Mar 2008 02:09:46 +0000 http://redapes.org/news-updates/indias-ks-oils-buys-50000-acres-of-indonesian-palm-plantations/#comment-3058 <p>That is strange. I just understood from the company's announcement that KS OILS is putting up plantation in sumatra island where there is absolutely not a single orang gutan. In fact there is no forest and the land is having just shrubs and unorganised rubber trees which are not yielding fruits. As such organg gutans are only there in deep kalimantan region of indonesia which is a seperate island itself.<br /> <br /><hr> Response from Orangutan Outreach: There are several thousand orangutans in Sumatra and they are critically endangered. Visit the Sumatran Orangutan Society's website to learn more: http://www.orangutans-sos.org</p> That is strange. I just understood from the company’s announcement that KS OILS is putting up plantation in sumatra island where there is absolutely not a single orang gutan. In fact there is no forest and the land is having just shrubs and unorganised rubber trees which are not yielding fruits. As such organg gutans are only there in deep kalimantan region of indonesia which is a seperate island itself.

Response from Orangutan Outreach: There are several thousand orangutans in Sumatra and they are critically endangered. Visit the Sumatran Orangutan Society’s website to learn more: http://www.orangutans-sos.org

]]> By: rjot http://redapes.org/news-updates/indias-ks-oils-buys-50000-acres-of-indonesian-palm-plantations/#comment-3013 rjot Wed, 26 Mar 2008 22:15:58 +0000 http://redapes.org/news-updates/indias-ks-oils-buys-50000-acres-of-indonesian-palm-plantations/#comment-3013 Palm oil is a terrible thing and we NEED to start taking action. Orangutans are expected to be extinct in a couple of years unless WE do something! There are so many easy ways to help; write a letter to a company using palm oil or sign an online petition. Here are two petitions you can sign: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/palmoil/index.html http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-palm-oil-in-masterfoods-usa The first petion is asking the Girl Scouts not to use palm oil in their cookies and the second one is asking Masterfoods USA not to use palm oil in their products. Palm oil is a terrible thing and we NEED to start taking action. Orangutans are expected to be extinct in a couple of years unless WE do something! There are so many easy ways to help; write a letter to a company using palm oil or sign an online petition. Here are two petitions you can sign:
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/palmoil/index.html
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-palm-oil-in-masterfoods-usa

The first petion is asking the Girl Scouts not to use palm oil in their cookies and the second one is asking Masterfoods USA not to use palm oil in their products.

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