The California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act (AB 572) has advanced to the State Senate Appropriations Committee following a vote by the Committee on Governmental Organization last week.
The legislation is co-sponsored by nonprofit animal welfare organizations Peace 4 Animals, Social Compassion in Legislation (SCIL) and Friends of the Earth, and aims to help end the destruction of rainforests through deforestation, thereby saving endangered species such as orangutans, elephants, rhinos and tigers.
Through the bill, companies in California who sell commodities like palm oil or rubber that put rainforests at risk will be required to adhere to a “No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation” (NDPE) policy.
“I have long advocated for change in the palm oil industry having experienced the devastation it continues to cause to the rainforests and endangered species first-hand in Sumatra and Borneo,” explains Katie Cleary, founder of Peace 4 Animals and its news network World Animal News (WAN).
Cleary and her team came across this problem recently while filming the forthcoming documentary We Are One in Indonesia, when they helped save a pregnant orangutan whose habitat was due to be destroyed by bulldozers.
When WAN recently caught up with passionate conservationist Begley, Jr. at the Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) and The Orangutan Project fundraiser, he highlighted the palm oil industry as one of the biggest threats to the survival of orangutans.
“Assault against orangutans continues to this day, so more must be done to protect them,” Begley said, adding, “Don’t buy products that contain palm oil.”
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Thank you California, now if you could only do something about your human homeless population. And illegals murdering U.S. citizens, like Kate Steinly. Why don’t t you allow orangutans to enter instead of murderous illegals. Californians would be a lot safer.
We as a society need to do a much better job protecting our beautiful earth and all of the beautiful animals that live on it!! That goes for our oceans, lakes and rivers too and all of the marine life that lives in it!! Just making some simple changes can make a huge impact and difference for an animal.
Their survival depends on the simple food choices we make at the grocery store. Start reading labels!
Protect all these animals by saving the land, and keeping their food available for them.
Animals should be safe and protected.
By killing our nature it is our futur we are killing. Stop hurting animals. Stop destroy our world
Thanks Ed! Ypu are the man!
I thought South Korea was a developed country with smart people but apparently that’s not the case! Cruel people who beat, kill and commit barbaric acts against animals didn’t evolve, they belong with the idiots from North Korea! I will never buy anything that’s made in this despicable place that allowed so much cruelty against animals! Disgusting people and their government that allows such acts !
Stop the killing of animal people. They are different in form and voice, but still people. No different than any ofther person we call foreigner.
Now that Californians are showing so much interesting in “saving the orangutans”, maybe they’ll come to their senses and stop allowing women to murder their unborn children.
Go to hell asshole !
Women have the right to do whatever they want with their bodies
Are you going to pay to raise these children?!
I don’t think so ! Until then keep your stupid opinion to yourself and your hypocrite Evangelical Republicans that are against abortion but support pedophiles!
I can rarely open your videos. Any ideas?
The California Deforestation-Free Procurement Act (AB 572) has advanced to the State Senate Appropriations Committee following a vote by the Committee on Governmental Organization last week.
The legislation is co-sponsored by nonprofit animal welfare organizations Peace 4 Animals, Social Compassion in Legislation (SCIL) and Friends of the Earth, and aims to help end the destruction of rainforests through deforestation, thereby saving endangered species such as orangutans, elephants, rhinos and tigers.
Through the bill, companies in California who sell commodities like palm oil or rubber that put rainforests at risk will be required to adhere to a “No Deforestation, No Peat, No Exploitation” (NDPE) policy.
“I have long advocated for change in the palm oil industry having experienced the devastation it continues to cause to the rainforests and endangered species first-hand in Sumatra and Borneo,” explains Katie Cleary, founder of Peace 4 Animals and its news network World Animal News (WAN).
Cleary and her team came across this problem recently while filming the forthcoming documentary We Are One in Indonesia, when they helped save a pregnant orangutan whose habitat was due to be destroyed by bulldozers.
When WAN recently caught up with passionate conservationist Begley, Jr. at the Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF) and The Orangutan Project fundraiser, he highlighted the palm oil industry as one of the biggest threats to the survival of orangutans.
“Assault against orangutans continues to this day, so more must be done to protect them,” Begley said, adding, “Don’t buy products that contain palm oil.”
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Maybe they now need to target the sick trophy hunters and educate them.
Well said !!!
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