Orphaned Orangutan Housed at Frankfurt Zoological Society

Orphaned orangutan housed at Frankfurt Zoological Society orangutan rehabilitation centre within the Bukit Tigapuluh Forest Landscape in Jambi, Sumatra. The decline of orangutan populations in Sumatra and Borneo has been driven by the destruction of their rainforest habitat, principally due to the expansion of pulpwood and oil palm plantations.

Unique identifier: GP01W5G

Type: Image

Shoot date: 04/08/2009

Locations: Indonesia, Jambi, Southeast Asia, Sumatra

Credit line: © Greenpeace / Oka Budhi

Ranking: ★★★★★★★ (A)

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Indonesian Rainforest Destruction and Palm Plantations

Greenpeace New Zealand staff traveled to Sumatra in August 2009 to document rainforest destruction due to the expansion of the palm oil industry. Led by communications manager Suzette Jackson the group included independent journalist from the Sunday Star Times, farmer Max Purnell and an Indonesian based documentary team. The expedition exposed New Zealand’s role in rainforest destruction through its largest dairy cooperative Fonterra. In 2008 one quarter of the world’s production of palm kernel animal feed was imported into New Zealand with the majority going to feed Fonterra’s dairy herd.

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