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 === **Willie Smits** has set up this foundation that protects Orang utans 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 Orang utans.\\ 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. === Rescue === A typical BOS rescue attempt: [[http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=bAlqx31c2h8&feature=related|BOS rescue team]] === Willie Smits === Originally Smits studied silviculture, pedology and forestry at Wageningen University in Holland. On a trip to Indonesia some 30 years ago he was confronted by a dying Orang utan at a market. He was able to keep it alive and release it back into the wild. Many others would follow. === New model for the forest == Form his background in Forestry Smits has developed a economically, socially and biologically profitable alternative to current practice. More about this follows soon...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.1217948936.txt.gz Last modified: 2008-08-05 15:08by theunkarelse