Must-see TV: Orangutans and Oil Palm

[Guest guest]

SKY News Channel

 

World News Tonight 20:00, Monday 30th January 2006

 

Orangutans and Palm Oil, extended news feature, presented by Lisa

 

Holland, SKY News

 

Cockroach Productions has been working hand-in-hand with the Ape

 

Alliance to profile the destructive expansion of oil palm plantations into

 

orangutan habitat. In tonight's feature you will see images of

 

frontline orangutan conservation filmed with the Borneo Orangutan

 

Survival Foundation, on location in Central Kalimantan.

 

 

 

The program discusses the consumption of palm oil on an international

 

scale and addresses the issue of supermarket responsibility in the palm oil

 

trade. Most consumers are unaware that one out of ten products in UK

supermarkets

 

now contains palm oil. The program examines the future of the industry and

 

the efforts of conservationists to insure a future for the orangutan by

 

encouraging a move towards sustainable, orangutan-friendly palm oil plantations.

 

 

 

The program has already caused a stir in the retail sector. We

 

can expect some positive developments to come out of this program and

 

the broader high-profile campaign that has been led by a number of organizations

 

dedicated to protecting the future of the orangutan. Be sure to tune in --

 

and find out more about Nick and Evie's work on the campaign at

 

www.cockroach.org.uk

 

 

 

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Nick Lyon, BA, MA cantab, DoP, Producer OFPP

 

Evania Wright, BA, MA gcva, MA cantab, Dir. OFPP

 

Cockroach Productions is a member of the Ape Alliance

 

Working to Save the Orangutans

 

 

Michelle Desilets

BOS UK

www.savetheorangutan.org.uk

www.savetheorangutan.info

" Primates Helping Primates "

 

Please sign our petition to rescue over 100 smuggled orangutans in Thailand:

http://www.thePetitionSite.com/takeaction/822035733

 

 

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