disasters… Just days left to save Aceh’s forests – Sumatran Orangutan Society 9 Dec 2013 Last week, I gave yet another talk on orangutan conservation, with student presentations about the problems with palm oil, deforestation, mining and the bushmeat trade and how these threaten nonhuman…
climate… It’s Not All Bad: Americans and Palm Oil (Nat Geo) 20 Aug 201320 Aug 2013 Another summary of the palm-oil-climate-change link, and another petition worth signing. So few Americans are even aware of this connection between endangered wildlife and their day-to-day shopping. Promoting sustainable palm oil…
climate… Warmer climate strongly affects human conflict and violence worldwide, says study 13 Aug 201313 Aug 2013 In case you didn't get the memo that climate change is probably the most important, and almost certainly the largest human rights issue facing us today. If you want to…
climate… A Beautiful Action 9 Aug 2013 I spent last Saturday in Richmond, California with a couple thousand amazing people, including Bill McKibben, who had this to say: ... daily life was interrupted dramatically one year ago today…
disasters… Stand with First Nations – Oppose Tar Sands Mining and KXL 14 Jun 2013 There are a few resonating news items regarding tar sands extraction, the Keystone XL Pipeline, and their impact on the indigenous people of this continent: 1. Alberta toxic waste spill could be…
climate… Passing 400 12 May 201312 May 2013 350.org had to start a new page, with some reactions to the rather alarming news from Mauna Loa. Here are some choice quotes: "On May 9th, for the first time…
disasters… 3 Days to Stop Catastrophic Deforestation Planned in Sumatra 7 May 2013 Catastrophic deforestation planned in Sumatra - from Sumatran Orangutan Society We urgently need your help to stop the planned destruction of 1.2 million hectares of forest in Sumatra for gold mining, oil palm plantations, logging…
disasters… Increase in number of orangutans confiscated from poachers in Aceh 19 Apr 201319 Apr 2013 As habitat destruction expands (most recently logging and draining the Tripa Swamp in Leuser Ecosystem for palm oil plantations), poaching and illegal capture of endangered Sumatran orangutans (Pongo abelii) increases.…
disasters… Emergency: Planned destruction of 1.2 Million hectares of forest in Sumatra 13 Mar 201313 Mar 2013 From Sumatran Orangutan Society Newsletter Emergency: Planned destruction of 1.2 Million hectares of forest in Sumatra The Governor of Aceh province in Sumatra is set to wipe 1.2 million hectares…
climate… Tell the UK Government to Stop Biofuelling Deforestation 31 Jan 2013 SoS: Urgent: Tell the UK Government to Stop Biofuelling Deforestation from Sumatran Orangutan Society The UK Government is offering subsidies to energy companies to burn palm oil in power stations,…
Ponderings of a Perplexed Primate 