Monday, August 17, 2009

A Little Bit About Palm Oil


-It is the cheapest cooking oil in the world.

-It is incredibly productive, yielding 3.6 tonnes per hectare

-Borneo is home to 13 primate species, 350 bird species, 150 reptiles and amphibians, and 15,000 plant species, according to Auckland Zoo figures.

-Sumatra is home to Sumatran rhinos, clouded leopards, Sumatran tigers, Asian tapirs, Sumatran elephants, and thousands of other species.

-The wild population of Bornean orangutans is optimistically estimated at 45,000 – 50,000.

-There are about 7,300 Sumatran orangutans in the wild; they are on the list of the top 25 most endangered primates in the world.

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