Bumitama Gunajaya Agro (BGA) has cleared Borneo’s rainforest for miles, with total disregard for the well-being of the orangutans and other primates living there.
International Animal Rescue Indonesia (IAR) staff has found a few traumatized and starving orangutans remaining in the ruins, one clinging to what’s left of a tree and others wandering among the stumps. Others, they say, are trapped there and starving as well.
Orangutans, which are dependent on large contiguous rainforest areas, cannot survive on these cleared palm-oil plantations, leaving IAR staff no choice but to move them elsewhere. But as the palm oil industry grows, elsewhere is getting harder to find.
Further disturbing is that BGA claims to be a sustainable producer of palm oil – a member of the industry-friendly Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
Sustainable doesn’t mean clear-cutting rainforests and starving orangutans. Tell RSPO to ensure that all of its members are producing actual sustainable palm oil!
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