A Rainforest Hero Starter Pack
Hey Nature Nerds! Thank you for your patience as we got this episode out! This week Megan talks pandemic mask mandate controversy (not really) and then Jen brings us the story of our last, but certainly not least (and maybe Jen's fav now), Trimate, Dr. Birute' M. Galdikas. We hope you learn lots about Orangutans and Palm Oil production!
Organization to support:
Orangutan Foundation International: orangutan.org
care for and rehabilitate more than 330 orphaned orangutans and other endangered wildlife at our Care Centre and Quarantine facility, and ensure their successful return to the wild,
maintain Camp Leakey and its scientific research,
patrol more than one million acres of forest habitat to prevent illegal logging, mining, poaching, and encroachment by palm oil plantations,
restore degraded forest areas through tree planting, and protect orangutan habitat through land purchases,
support conservation outreach and education, and
protect the world’s largest remaining wild orangutan population from extinction.
Rainforest Action Network: https://www.ran.org/
Rainforest Action Network preserves forests, protects the climate and upholds human rights by challenging corporate power and systemic injustice through frontline partnerships and strategic campaigns.
Borneo Orangutan Survival: https://borneoorangutansurvival.org/
The Orangutan Project, part of Wildlife Conservation International: https://www.theorangutanproject.org/
Orangutan Land Trust: https://www.forests4orangutans.org/
References:
https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/19/palm-oil-ingredient-biscuits-shampoo-environmental
https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/8-things-know-about-palm-oil
Palm Oil Scorecard: http://palmoilscorecard.panda.org/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palm_oil
https://phys.org/news/2014-11-great-apes-threat-palm-oil.html
https://www.asiasentinel.com/p/palm-oil-industry-tainted-activists-murders?s=r
https://faunafacts.com/endangered-species/
https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-01-13-me-231-story.html
