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''Did you know that each and everyone of us is fueling one of the world's biggest ecological disasters and acts of primate genocide in history?
Borneo and Sumatra are two of the most bio-diverse regions of the world, yet they have the longest list of endangered species. This list includes the magnificent orangutan. These two South-East Asian islands are extremely rich in life, containing around 20,000 flowering plant species, 3,000 tree species, 300,000 animal species and thousands more being discovered each year. Despite this amazing biodiversity and delicate web of species, an area the size of 300 football fields of rainforest is cleared each hour in Indonesia and Malaysia to make way for the production of one vegetable oil. That's 6 football fields destroyed each minute. This vegetable oil is called palm oil, and is found in hundreds of the everyday products, from baked goods and confectionery, to cosmetics and cleaning agents... many of which you buy in your weekly shopping.
Due to the massive international demand for palm oil, palm oil plantations are rapidly replacing the rainforest habitat of the critically endangered orangutan; with over 90% of their habitat already destroyed in the last 20 years.
Orangutans are some of our closest relatives, sharing approximately 97% of their DNA with humans. Orangutan means 'Person of the jungle' in the Indonesian language. It is estimated that 6 to 12 of these 'jungle people' are killed each day for palm oil. These gentle creatures are either killed in the deforestation process, when they wonder into a palm oil plantation looking for food, or in the illegal pet trade after they've been captured and kept as pets in extremely poor conditions and provided with extremely poor nutrition.
Orangutans are considered as pests by the palm oil industry. In the deforestation process, workers are told that if wildlife gets in the way, they are to do whatever is necessary in order to dispose them, no matter how inhumane. Often orangutans are run over by logging machinery, beat to death, buried alive or set on fire... all in the name of palm oil.
Government data has shown that over 50,000 orangutans have already died as a result of deforestation due to palm oil in the last two decades. Experts say that if this pattern of destruction and exploitation continues, these intelligent acrobats of the jungle will be extinct in the wild within 3 to 12 years (as early as 2015). It is also thought that their jungle habitat will be completely gone within 20 years (approximately 2033).
Around 50 million tons of palm oil is produced annually; with almost all of that being non-sustainable palm oil, that replaces 12 million hectares of dense, bio-diverse rainforest. That's the equivalent landmass of North Korea deforested each year for palm oil alone!
Palm oil is also having a shocking impact on our planet. The production of this one vegetable oil is not only responsible for polluting rivers and causing land erosion, but when the plantation workers set fire to the remaining trees, shrubs and debris to make way for the oil palms, it produces immense amount of smoke pollution that is toxic to planet earth. This has been found to be the second biggest contributor to greenhouse gas in the world.
By purchasing products that contain crude palm oil, you are helping destroy ancient, pristine rainforest, wipe out species like the orangutan, and create a large-scale ecological disaster. Think of the consequences next time you do your weekly shopping; the consequences not only for orangutans and other animals, but for us as the human race; for we cannot survive without the rainforests either. We have a choice, orangutans do not.''
Borneo and Sumatra are two of the most bio-diverse regions of the world, yet they have the longest list of endangered species. This list includes the magnificent orangutan. These two South-East Asian islands are extremely rich in life, containing around 20,000 flowering plant species, 3,000 tree species, 300,000 animal species and thousands more being discovered each year. Despite this amazing biodiversity and delicate web of species, an area the size of 300 football fields of rainforest is cleared each hour in Indonesia and Malaysia to make way for the production of one vegetable oil. That's 6 football fields destroyed each minute. This vegetable oil is called palm oil, and is found in hundreds of the everyday products, from baked goods and confectionery, to cosmetics and cleaning agents... many of which you buy in your weekly shopping.
Due to the massive international demand for palm oil, palm oil plantations are rapidly replacing the rainforest habitat of the critically endangered orangutan; with over 90% of their habitat already destroyed in the last 20 years.
Orangutans are some of our closest relatives, sharing approximately 97% of their DNA with humans. Orangutan means 'Person of the jungle' in the Indonesian language. It is estimated that 6 to 12 of these 'jungle people' are killed each day for palm oil. These gentle creatures are either killed in the deforestation process, when they wonder into a palm oil plantation looking for food, or in the illegal pet trade after they've been captured and kept as pets in extremely poor conditions and provided with extremely poor nutrition.
Orangutans are considered as pests by the palm oil industry. In the deforestation process, workers are told that if wildlife gets in the way, they are to do whatever is necessary in order to dispose them, no matter how inhumane. Often orangutans are run over by logging machinery, beat to death, buried alive or set on fire... all in the name of palm oil.
Government data has shown that over 50,000 orangutans have already died as a result of deforestation due to palm oil in the last two decades. Experts say that if this pattern of destruction and exploitation continues, these intelligent acrobats of the jungle will be extinct in the wild within 3 to 12 years (as early as 2015). It is also thought that their jungle habitat will be completely gone within 20 years (approximately 2033).
Around 50 million tons of palm oil is produced annually; with almost all of that being non-sustainable palm oil, that replaces 12 million hectares of dense, bio-diverse rainforest. That's the equivalent landmass of North Korea deforested each year for palm oil alone!
Palm oil is also having a shocking impact on our planet. The production of this one vegetable oil is not only responsible for polluting rivers and causing land erosion, but when the plantation workers set fire to the remaining trees, shrubs and debris to make way for the oil palms, it produces immense amount of smoke pollution that is toxic to planet earth. This has been found to be the second biggest contributor to greenhouse gas in the world.
By purchasing products that contain crude palm oil, you are helping destroy ancient, pristine rainforest, wipe out species like the orangutan, and create a large-scale ecological disaster. Think of the consequences next time you do your weekly shopping; the consequences not only for orangutans and other animals, but for us as the human race; for we cannot survive without the rainforests either. We have a choice, orangutans do not.''
Ni får stå ut med stt det står på engelska nu. Jag har tidigare haft någorlunda koll på att palmolja inte är bra för miljön, men det har inte varit mer än så. Sen läste jag detta och jag blir så jävla förbannad, frustrerad och ledsen. Jag förstår inte hur det kan finnas sådana hjärtlösa människor som det idag finns, jag hatar pengar. Pengar driver folk till vansinne. Jävla idioter vad arg jag blir. Kan inte hela jordens befolkning bli veganer när jag knäpper med fingrarna? Tänk om det vore så lätt.
Hur undviker man då palmolja? Det finns ingen lag på att det ska stå "palmolja" i innehållsförteckningen, utan det står i de flesta fall "vegetabiliskt fett". Hittade en lista på produkter som innehåller palmolja:
Barilla tortellini
Cheerios (Nestlé)
Eldorado frysta vitlöksbaguetter
Eldorado nachos
Eldorado risgrynsgröt
EuroShopper rostad lök
Flora margarin
ICA blockchoklad, mörk och ljus
ICA chilinötter
ICA choklad cookies
ICA digestive
ICA frysta vitlöksbaguetter
ICA jordnötter
ICA röd pesto
ICA tortillachips
Kellogg’s special K
KitKat
M&M:s
Magnum
Maltesers
McVitie’s Digestive
Milky Way
Nutella
Oatly vaniljsås
Oreos
Pringles
Riesen
Snickers
Twix
Vanilla Heath Crunch Ice Cream (Ben & Jerry’s)
Wrigley’s tuggumi
Cheerios (Nestlé)
Eldorado frysta vitlöksbaguetter
Eldorado nachos
Eldorado risgrynsgröt
EuroShopper rostad lök
Flora margarin
ICA blockchoklad, mörk och ljus
ICA chilinötter
ICA choklad cookies
ICA digestive
ICA frysta vitlöksbaguetter
ICA jordnötter
ICA röd pesto
ICA tortillachips
Kellogg’s special K
KitKat
M&M:s
Magnum
Maltesers
McVitie’s Digestive
Milky Way
Nutella
Oatly vaniljsås
Oreos
Pringles
Riesen
Snickers
Twix
Vanilla Heath Crunch Ice Cream (Ben & Jerry’s)
Wrigley’s tuggumi
Zeta crostini och crutonger
Och en liska på företag som använder sig av palmolja:
(Nestle)
Barilla
Beiersdorf (nivea)
Ben & Jerry’s
Biotherm
Body Shop
Chanel
Clinique
Colgate
Dove
DrOetker
Eldorado
Elizabeth Arden, Inc.
Estee Lauder Inc.
Eucerin
Euroshopper
Garnier
Garnier
Haribo
Heinz
Herbal Essences
Hershey
ICA
Kellogg’s
Kellogg’s
Kikkoman
Kraft Foods
L’Oreal
Lancome
Lumene
Mars/Masterfoods
Mary Kay
Maybelline
McDonald’s
Neutrogena
Nivea
Oil of Olay
Palmolive
Procter & Gamble
Quaker
Revlon
Revlon
Sephora
Shiseido
Smashbox
Storck
Unilever
United Biscuits
Vanish
Vaseline
Wrigley’s
Dessa företag och produkter är inte bara veganska som ni kanske märker. Tänkte att det är värt att ge dem ännu en skamfläck ändå. SÅ, nu kan vi alla hålla oss borta från dem. Perfekt!
Dessa företag och produkter är inte bara veganska som ni kanske märker. Tänkte att det är värt att ge dem ännu en skamfläck ändå. SÅ, nu kan vi alla hålla oss borta från dem. Perfekt!
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Postat av: Matilda
Vet du vad det är för olja i lantchipsen? Har grunnat på det länge men inte orkat se efter så jag har köpt coops ekochips istället. Men man saknar ju lök och gräddfil :(
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