Sunday 27 November 2011

BBC's Orangutan Diary Series

Back in 2009 the BBC's Orangutan Diary series, highlighted the importance of sanctuaries and rescue centres, in addition, the battle for the creation of new habitats for Orangutan's orphaned by deforestation, principally from palm oil.  Orangutan Diary was a fantastic series, presented by Michaela Strachan and Steve Leonard and focused on the Nyaru Menteng rescue centre. Unfortunately, due to the age of the documentary it can no longer be viewed on BBC iplayer, however, it is still possible to few small clips on youtube. I highly suggest you take a few minutes to watch one or two!!! 




The above clip is one I chose on the basis that it encompasses so much that this blog has previously discussed and in addition, it visually displays for those who have never seen a plantation, the start of a new palm oil plantation. Inevitably the plantation will expand, further destroying the natural habitats of Orangutans and other species. 


I believe that Michaela makes a very worthy comment about palm oil plantations being 'consumerism at it's worst', with the majority of indonesians not benefitting from the foreign owned plantations, established to satisfy demand from the rest of the world for cheap products. 


Stay tuned for my next post entitled 'Consumerism at it's Worst'       Ahhhhhhh!

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