18 December 2006

Swear off palm oil - save a primate

Our seemingly insatiable thirst for palm oil may mean that we are seeing the last days of the "man of the forest". The huge forest fires in Indonesia, that are probably being lit to clear the way for palm oil plantations, may spell the end for the gentle orang-utan, a close relative of man (should you believe in such nonsense). There may only be a decade left for them to survive in the wild.

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