Did you know that many more than half of the orangutang babies dont make
it to becoming adults? And do you know what causes it? In the whole of
Indonesia, palm oil is becoming a MASSIVE problem. I urge you not to have any
products that contain palm oil. If you listen very quietly then you will
find out what orangutangs are, what palm oil is, and how it could result in
human extinction.
You’re probably thinking, what are orangutangs? Organgutangs are soft,
cuddly, hairy giants. Organgutangs live in Indonesian and Malaysian forests.
Hunters have started destroying the organgutangs homes for palm oil and the
organgutangs need their homes. Without them, orangutangs can’t eat their palm
leaves, they can’t swing from branch to branch and they have no protection from
the palm trees when hunted. We need to work together to save the organgutangs.
Secondly, I’m going to tell you about palm oil. Palm oil is a type of
vegetable oil made from palm trees found in Indonesia and Malaysia. The
companies that use palm oil don’t always label it with that name, they could
call it loreth solfate, sodium lorith solfate and heaps more.
Lastly using palm oil will result in human extinction. Do you know why?
Well, they cut down many trees. Have a guess how many trees get cut down? Well,
the equivalent of 400 rugby fields get cut down every hour. Do you know that
all this will result in less oxygen and more carbon dioxide? For every hectare
of the forest cut down for palm oil, 6, 000 tons of CO2 is released.
Orangutangs are such magical animals and they are almost gone. If we don’t do anything about it now or don’t take action, they will not be able to survive. Help make a changing world and Save the Orangutangs!
