Finding alternatives to palm oil
Widespread palm oil plantations across Indonesia illustrate the environmental degradation of a once vivid ecosystem. 25% of Indonesia’s rainforests have been replaced by vast palm oil plantations, pushing out wildlife and endangering the livelihoods of farming communities. With your help, we are restoring forests on former plantations to create alternative sources of income.
An alternative to palm oil? The Tenkawang tree only thrives in diverse forests
Everywhere you look in Borneo and Sumatra, you see endless rows of palm oil trees
With your help, our partners are helping people like Chima and Sabbar farm more sustainably
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Around 4 million people in Indonesia work in the palm oil industry
Our partners in Sumatra have helped build a local “forest school”
The palm oil industry directly threatens 193 of the world’s endangered animal species
