Borneo's Burning Forests

[Turborama]

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The rainforests of Borneo are some of the most important and complex natural eco-systems on Earth.

But despite campaigns for conservation and promises to preserve the forests, they are disappearing at an alarming rate

In the first of a three part series, Al Jazeera English's Tony Birtley reports from Sarawak, Malaysia, on the politics of deforestation.

ETA: this is another full screener...

[niceypoo]

1. Humans are suicidal

...and the GOP is leading the charge

[peacetalksforall]

2. When the beauty of a bank balance is more important than the beauty

of a country and its people. Devestating non protection and excuse making = money in the pockets of a few.

[swilton]

3. Boycott Palm Oil Products

That means the processed food industry - by adding palm oil to the products we buy in those food dispensing machines, the products have more shelf life. Palm oil (a la tasty cakes, et. al.) also contributes to the obesity epidemic within the US. The people of Borneo don't produce the palm oil for their own use - they use it for the industrialized world's processed food industry.

The destruction of this habitat is why such animal species is the highly intelligent orangatans are endangered. :cry: