Show pageOld revisionsBacklinksBack to top You've loaded an old revision of the document! If you save it, you will create a new version with this data. Media Files=== BOS: Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation === === Destruction: === **Willie Smits** has set up this foundation that protects Orangutans and fights deforestation.\\ This happens primarily for tropical wood for **palm-seed oil**. The latter is used as a biofuel and as food. Any product with unspecified 'vegetable-oil' in it will with 90% probability have palm-seed oil in it and therefore contributes to the genocide of Orangutans.\\ Yes genocide is a correct term here, I don't use it frivolously, because these creatures are much closer to humans emotionally and intellectually than you probably think. Read the book [[http://www.ullmann-publishing.com/thinkers|Thinkers of the Forest]], it's scary. The classic border between animal- and human kingdoms becomes unnervingly indistinct. After reading this the slaughter of these creatures becomes even more disturbing. Amazingly the animals are even used for prostitution. === Rescue: === A typical BOS rescue attempt: [[http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=bAlqx31c2h8&feature=related|BOS rescue team]] BOS team members are subject to violence and threats to such an extent that Smits has prepared his grave in his back-yard and has prepared his young children for the worst. === Willie Smits should be on TED: === Originally Smits studied silviculture, pedology and forestry at Wageningen University in Holland. On a trip to Indonesia some 20 years ago he was confronted with a dying Orangutan at a market. He was able to keep it alive and release it back into the wild. Many others would follow. I've recommended him to TED talks. === Videos: === A selection of youtube videos: * [[http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=WKtcWwIEJ60|Last of the Urangutans]] * [[http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=y207L3EF-Tw|Taking on the Wildlife Traders]] === New model for the forest: == Form his background in Forestry Smits has developed a economically, socially and biologically profitable alternative to current practice. This alternative is based on the re-introduction of the **Sugar-palm as a food-crop**. The [[Masarang foundation]] set up by Smits aims to lift the traditional food-crop used in local tradition as a source of sugar, to compete with cane-sugar. From January 2007 a Sugar palm factory is working that uses geothermal energy for heating and rain water for cooling. see: [[http://www.masarang.org/z_new%20layout_home/home_english.html|Masarang]] Please fill all the letters into the box to prove you're human. Please keep this field empty: SavePreviewCancel Edit summary Note: By editing this page you agree to license your content under the following license: CC Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International borneo_orangutan_survival_foundation.1219138370.txt.gz Last modified: 2008-08-19 09:32by theunkarelse