„Chainsaws and bulldozers for palm oil: In Borneo, proboscis monkeys and other endangered species are losing their habitat. By not using palm oil, we can all make a contribution.“
– Lars Gorschlüter, Foundation Founder –
Balikpapan Bay is one of the most biodiverse areas on the Borneo coast – home to 1400 of the critically endangered proboscis monkeys, as well as other endangered species such as clouded leopards, Malaysian bears, hornbills, pangolins and marbled cats. In addition, orangutans have been reintroduced to the area.
Endangered wildlife is losing more habitat every day – for the production of biodiesel and chemical products from palm oil. This is because the Indonesian company PT Wahana Prima Sejati (a subsidiary of the international corporation First Resources Limited) is currently razing coastal forest on the beach of Sanro Mutti to the ground in order to build another palm oil refinery and a biodiesel factory there. Several dozen hectares of rainforest have already been completely cleared – the bulldozers have left behind a dead moonscape.
This destruction of species-rich rainforest and the important habitat of endangered proboscis monkeys and other endangered species violates even the principles and criteria of the palm oil seal RSPO. The parent company First Resources Ltd. is a member of the RSPO and has already committed in 2015 to ban deforestation and human rights violations from its operations. But to date, implementation has been poor, as the current example confirms. The company must immediately stop further clear-cutting and the planned construction work and instead ensure reforestation of the valuable area!
Sign the petition now at Regenwald e.V. and help the proboscis monkeys for the preservation of the rainforest on Borneo.
