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Closed petition Save the Orangutan - Ban the import of Palm Oil from Indoneasia
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The United Nations Environment Programme has announced that palm oil plantations are now the leading cause of rainforest destruction in Malaysia and Indonesia. An area of forest equal to 300 soccer fields is being destroyed EVERY HOUR...
If the destruction of the rain forests go on unchecked, orangutans in the wild could disappear from Sumatra and Borneo in 10 years...
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