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Posts Tagged ‘orangutan’
Green living, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 21st, 2012,
Sustainable travel, including responsible nature holidays and what has become known as eco-tourism, is on the rise in Malaysia – and with good reason. Though Malaysia has highly developed urban regions, it is also home to a rich ecology and diverse geography. For the nature-interested traveller, this Southeast Asian nation comprises mountains and highlands; beaches and countless tropical islands; rainforests and mangrove estuaries plus much more. The well-organized tourism infrastructure and wealth of natural locations and activities help make Malaysia one of the world’s top destinations for environmentally-conscious travel. Malaysia is an exciting as well as convenient location for a…
Tags: agricultural tourism, eco-breaks, islands, Malaysia, orangutan, voluntourism, wildlife observation
Conservation, Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Dec 26th, 2011,
In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo) orangutans are being hunted and driven into possible extinction. Indonesia, which is home to 90% of the world’s orangutan population, is also home to rampant unregulated and illegal palm plantations, deforestation and logging. Loss of habitat has pitted villagers against the orangutans, who may venture into gardens for food. Locals are known to kill great apes for food and out of fear. But the real culprits are the industries who see orangutan conservation as a threat to their business. These firms are not only destroying the orangutans’ habitat, but have allegedly paid villagers to hunt and…
Tags: borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, kill, orangutan, palm oil
Conservation, Videos & Documentaries, Nov 24th, 2011,
The coal and palm oil industries have been getting away with ecocide in the forests of Indonesia, threatening the traditional, sustainable way of life of local villagers and destroying the delicately balanced ecology of the region. Now the palm oil firm PT Munte Waniq Jaya Perkasa is moving into a previously untouched area of forest in East Kalimantan province. Villagers, who both depend on and care for the forests, are struggling to defend this remaining forest oasis from further ecocide at the hands of corporate greed. Sources report that the firm’s bulldozers have been clearing approximately five hectares a…
Tags: ecocide, forest, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Malaysia, orangutan, palm oil
Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Sep 13th, 2011,
If you were a kid in the 70s or 80s you might remember those gaudy, velvety posters of rock bands that glowed in the dark with the aid of a “black light”. I didn’t smoke pot or anything (I was 11 for God’s sake) but I had a black light Led Zeppelin poster on the wall under my loft bed next to my beanbag chair. I’d sit there, in the dark and listening to my Walkman, gazing in wonder. Why did my black light make it glow? Now they’ve done it with cats. It’s all in the interest of HIV/AIDS…
Tags: black light, cats, glow, kitten, Malaysia, orangutan, smoking
Videos & Documentaries, Weird Stuff, Aug 13th, 2010,
Studies analyzing some 20 years of footage taken of Orangutans in the jungles of Borneo are giving scientists fascinating insights into how these great apes communicate. The footage shows the orangutans using mime as a means ‘talking’ with one another. These messages include the desire to have an itch scratched and a termite nest opened. From an article in the Guardian: The study suggests they are capable of more complex communication than previously thought, and resort to mimes to elaborate on messages directed at other apes and their former keepers. The orangutans observed formerly lived in captivity, but the footage,…
Tags: apes, borneo, communicate, conservationist, footage, Indonesia, message, mime, mimicking, orangutan, researcher, video
Climate Change, Nature, Videos & Documentaries, May 31st, 2010,
Environmental activist group Greenpeace has successfully used the Internet and in particular social media to drum up support for its campaign against the use of palm oil by food giant Nestlé. The palm oil industries in Indonesia and Malaysia have received attention and criticism for their part in the destruction of vital rainforests, which are home to vulnerable species including the orangutan. Rainforest destruction is also considered by scientists to be a major cause of climate change. From a CNN Eco Solutions report: Palm oil is used in a variety of consumer products, from chocolate to washing powder, and is…
Tags: CNN, destruction, Greenpeace, Nestle, orangutan, palm oil, rainforest, social media
Wildlife & Flora, Dec 14th, 2009,
Primates (other than humans) are taking over the internet. First, you were able to friend gorillas on Twitter. Now, you can check out an orangutan’s photo gallery on Facebook. Nonja, a 33-year-old orangutan resident of Vienna’s Schönbrunn Zoo, has her own Facebook gallery—and already 500 fans since it was created at the beginning of December. How, exactly, does she take the pictures? Well, it’s not like she’s interested in photography or cameras, for starters. Nonja is more interested in what else the camera can do. Nonja’s camera is specially designed to give her a raisin every time she pushes the…
Tags: Facebook, Nonja’s photo gallery, orangutan, Vienna’s Schonbrunn Zoo
Climate Change, Sep 5th, 2009,
Is palm oil ‘biofuel’ a complete waste and are big oil companies just incapable of getting it right? It’s like they just can’t resist doing the wrong thing. As is the case with tobacco companies and arms dealers, a conscience must be a liability in the energy industry if there is a lot of money to be made, especially if the money is quick. So paint this poison Green, sell it to the world and call it biofuel. Maybe I’m being too cynical. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not in principle against all biofuels, bio energy, bioplastics, etc. I’m not…
Tags: biodiesel, biofuel, global warming, greenhouse gas, Indonesia, orangutan, palm oil
