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Oil boom threatens the last orang-utans

Kathy Marks

Razed lowland forest on Sumatra island awaits a palm oil plantation Razed lowland forest on Sumatra island awaits a palm oil plantation

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Can Greenpeace help Indonesians sue Jardines in the UK?
[info]nooraza wrote:
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 at 08:42 am (UTC)
That should teach the greedy company a lesson, like how it was with Shell? It's the only way, since most Third World leaders are really corrupted and evil monsters, who don't give a boot about human rights nor environmental rights!
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Conservation of orangutans might be a lost cause already
[info]apeshift wrote:
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 at 10:26 am (UTC)
Dr. Ian Singleton is absolutely right that all we have to do is protect the forests. Simple.
Unfortunately the whole war against palm oil plantations is a bit misleading. A large portion of blame is to be squarely laid upon the Indonesian government for allowing land to be sold off to these corporations. Corruption in local and regional authorities is a big issue that is tough to tackle. Forests that should be registered as areas of "conservation value" are being assigned (and sometimes corruptly re-assigned) as "not in use" and sold off. Local NGO's are banging their heads against the wall in dealings with the government. International NGO's raise a lot of money, but much of this is spent on feeding orangutans caged in rescue centres and justifying salaries and international travel expenses of an entourage of western staff.
More effort needs to go in the right direction - of effectively protecting the forests. Consumer power and big charities have not proven strong enough to battle Indonesia's lack of political will to ensure preservation of these precious forests.
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tragedy!!!!
[info]wetgash wrote:
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 at 11:36 am (UTC)
what a sick species the human race is! what kind of a lonley world are we leaving for the future generations, very upsetting.
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There is nothing to do beetween palm oil plantation with orang utan existence
[info]tmahdi74 wrote:
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 at 11:47 am (UTC)
Every company in Indonesia conduct their business by following all the regulations. Regarding the existence of Orang Utan, it is absolutely mislead when Western media concluded that Indonesia palm oil company is the main factor of the lost of Orang Utan habitats in Indoensia forest. PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk --subsidary company of PT Astra International Tbk (Jardine's business unit in Indonesia)-- is a public company. Each corporate actions by the company will be reported to the Stock Exchange Commission, Indonesia Stock Exchange, as well related government body such as Environment Ministry. The company concern about global warming and other environment issues. Meanwhile, the company also practices its best business activity by conducted good corporate governance. And also regularly report its CD (community development) as well as SHE (safety, health, and environment) activities to the government and other stakeholders.

Tofan Mahdi - Jakarta
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STOP DEFORESTATION NOW!
[info]powderblue8 wrote:
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 at 08:39 pm (UTC)
The insatiable exploitation of the rain forests must stop!
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As bad as it gets
[info]rosiewoods wrote:
Tuesday, 23 June 2009 at 11:02 pm (UTC)
This is a dispicable state of affairs andI hope that Greenpeace, with its considerable financial resources, will spread the word of this genocide of our primate cousins. The history of Jardines certainly shows their business habits have nor changed much over the years.
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non-boycott
[info]greenarrow9 wrote:
Wednesday, 24 June 2009 at 05:39 pm (UTC)
Thank you for your work and report on this crisis. Without compromising journalistic integrity, however, would it not be possible to have included a short list of products or brands that consumers may realise contain the palm oils sourced from these precious forests? I understand that your publication will not propose or support a boycott, but just a bit more research and information would provide your readers with the option to make choices in line with their own ethics.
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A question of taxation?
[info]elgatto9 wrote:
Wednesday, 24 June 2009 at 07:09 pm (UTC)
One wonders whether Jardine Matheson is one of the valued UK companies whose presence in this country is entriely down to our obscenely low corporate taxation rates.

I say raise them and let them set up somewhere else.
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