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Jakarta – On the third largest island in the world, Borneo, the habitat of orangutans is becoming smaller and smaller because of the palm oil industry. The environmental group Greenpeace released Tuesday a study that, for the extraction of palm oil, 70,000 hectares of virgin forest food company Mondelez would be destroyed within two years.
Orangutans are comfortable in the forests of Borneo and the neighboring island of Sumatra. In a statement, the group said that he had been working for years to ensure the sustainable use of palm oil. The industry must do more. The goal was "100% durability and 100% transparency". Twelve suppliers were separated for breaking their own guidelines.
It is estimated that today there are between 70,000 and 100,000 orangutans. At the turn of the millennium 1999/2000, according to a recent survey, there were still nearly 150,000 more. In the past ten years, more than seven million hectares of tropical forests have been cleared, according to other studies conducted throughout Indonesia – a region the size of Bavaria.
Mondelez – from the American group Kraft – uses palm oil in many products such as chocolate bars (Cadbury) or cookies (Oreo). The group's brands include Milka and Toblerone. (AP)
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