Massive fires, intentionally and unconscionably started by palm oil companies as a means of clearing forests, are, right now, ripping apart the world-renowned Tripa rainforest of Indonesia. This man-made inferno inside one of the world's most ecologically important forests is still smoldering, and has killed more than 100 critically endangered Sumatran orangutans -- a third of the local population -- so far.
The Tripa rainforest fires are a wake up call to the world that the iconic orangutan is in serious danger of becoming the first of the great apes to be pushed to extinction.
If this unspeakably sad fate were to come to pass, no one would be able to say we did not see it coming.
At the heart of these fires is a seemingly unassuming additive -- palm oil. Palm oil is in nearly 50 percent of all packaged goods in grocery stores across the country and is grown in rainforest-cleared plantations in places like the Tripa forest. Despite widespread international concern, global palm oil traders, like the U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill, continue to ensure that the palm oil produced in Tripa, and places like it, wind up on our grocery store shelves and in our homes.
Companies like Cargill are ensuring that you and I are unwittingly financing the destruction of Indonesia's precious rainforests... and unwittingly endorsing the fires started in the Tripa forest.
This is a moment for people across the globe to come together to call for the protection of man's closest relative and insist that the palm oil in our products be free from controversy. A coalition called Save the Tripa Peat Swamp Forests has created a bold set of demands in response to this ongoing crisis, and has called for an international day of action on April 26 to highlight this massive tragedy, and they need all of us.
Fires started by profit-hungry palm oil companies are tearing through the critical Tripa peat forest of Sumatra, threatening the survival of one of the densest populations of wild Sumatran orangutans in the world.
What you can do! Take action today!
Cargill cannot ensure that it is not trading palm oil from Tripa or companies profiting from the destruction of Tripa because it has no safeguards in place to prevent it. It is past time for Cargill to adopt key environmental, social and transparent safeguards on the palm oil it trades to guarantee that it is not profiting from situations like Tripa across Indonesia and Malaysia
The emergency underway in the rainforests of Indonesia is a moment of truth that tests our resolve and ultimately our values. When a crisis of this scale erupts it is actions that matter, not words
The Cree had it right before all this madness. How come we're all so fucking stupid today!!
Selfish, ignorant, cruel! Humans are a fucking disgrace to the world.
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