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Coming to a retailer near you: Illegal palm oil from an orangutan haven
Freitag, 24. Januar 2025
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Illegal deforestation has reportedly surged to record levels in a wildlife reserve at the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra Island that’s known as the “orangutan capital of the world.”

A newly published report by U.S.-based NGO Rainforest Action Network (RAN) says 2,577 hectares (6,368 acres) of forests in Rawa Singkil Wildlife Reserve have been cleared since 2015, with deforestation spiking dramatically between 2021 and 2023.

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