Was wondering what's it about, came across this map which shows the areas that encompass the Heart of Borneo initiative. The main feature of this initiative is to have a continuous area of protected forests but on a grand scale. It involves a number of large tract of highland forests in the deep interior or 'heart' of Borneo, spanning along the mountainous spine of this large island. The diversity in this forest would be lost if the forests are fragmented. Successful rainforest conservation requires inter-connected forests. This is particularly critical as mass deforestations for palm oil plantations and other human activities are creeping in from all sides into this heartland.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Heart of Borneo
Was wondering what's it about, came across this map which shows the areas that encompass the Heart of Borneo initiative. The main feature of this initiative is to have a continuous area of protected forests but on a grand scale. It involves a number of large tract of highland forests in the deep interior or 'heart' of Borneo, spanning along the mountainous spine of this large island. The diversity in this forest would be lost if the forests are fragmented. Successful rainforest conservation requires inter-connected forests. This is particularly critical as mass deforestations for palm oil plantations and other human activities are creeping in from all sides into this heartland.
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I just wanted to thank you for mentioning palm oil on your website. Hopefully your readers will take notice!
One of the biggest victims of the palm oil industry is the orangutan. The forests of Borneo and Sumatra are the only place where these gentle, intelligent creatures live, and the cultivation of palm oil has directly led to the brutal deaths of thousands of individuals as the industry has expanded. When the forest is cleared, adult orangutans are typically shot on sight. These peaceful, sentient beings are beaten, burned, mutilated, tortured and eaten. Babies are torn off their dying mothers so they can be sold on the black market as illegal pets to wealthy families who see them as status symbols of their own power and prestige.
Some of the luckier orangutans are confiscated and brought to sanctuaries such as the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rehabilitation Center, which is now home to approximately 700 orphaned and displaced orangutans in Central Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Many of these orangutans are only weeks old when they arrive, and all of them psychologically traumatized and desperate for their mothers who unfortunately are no longer alive. Nyaru Menteng is managed by a remarkable woman named Lone Droscher Nielsen and is featured on Animal Planet's series 'Orangutan Island'.
To learn more about the crisis facing wild orangutans because of palm oil and see how you can help protect them, please visit the Orangutan Outreach website.
Thanks for your time!
Richard Zimmerman
Director, Orangutan Outreach
http://redapes.org
Reach out and save the orangutans!
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