We saw it. Forests cut. Trees laying on the ground. Burnt where they fell. It's devastating. It's heartbreaking.
Harrison Ford visits an island refuge for 1200 animals whose homes have been destroyed by deforestation.
Harrison Ford visits an island refuge for 1200 animals whose homes have been destroyed by deforestation.
YEARS correspondent Harrison Ford travels to Indonesia to investigate how the world’s appetite for palm oil – an ingredient in everything from candy bars to laundry detergent – has led to massive deforestation and turned that country into one of the world’s largest emitters of greenhouse gases.
Java, Sumatra; Borneo, Indonesia; Mountain View, CA; Sunnyvale, CA; Los Angeles, CA
We’re the ones who caused all this…this, distress. First we took their home away, and then we killed their mothers. And then are we just going to say…oh they’re not worth it?
Harrison Ford talks about why he cares about climate change and why he got involved in YEARS of LIVING DANGEROUSLY.
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Harrison Ford talks about why he cares about climate change and why he got involved in YEARS of LIVING DANGEROUSLY.
How Palm Oil Is Linked to Deforestation
Actor Harrison Ford travels to Indonesia to learn how demand for palm oil in everyday products at the grocery at the driving massive deforestation. To learn more and take action, go to: https://www.ran.org/palm_oil
How Palm Oil Is Linked to Deforestation
Actor Harrison Ford travels to Indonesia to learn how demand for palm oil in everyday products at the grocery at the driving massive deforestation. To learn more and take action, go to: https://www.ran.org/palm_oil
#WeCanSolveThis: Good Palm Oil
Palm oil is in almost everything and it’s often grown by cutting down rainforests. How can you make sure your palm oil is sustainable?
To see how well your favorite bands are doing, check the scorecard here: https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/palm-oil-scorecard-2016
SOURCES: [i] https://www.ran.org/palm_oil_fact_sheet [ii] http://blog.ucsusa.org/lael-goodman/how-many-products-with-palm-oil-do-i-use-in-a-day [iii] https://www.ran.org/palm_oil_fact_sheet [iv] http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/05/6-years-after-moratorium-satellite-data-shows-indonesia%E2%80%99s-tropical-forests-remain [v] https://www.ran.org/palm_oil_fact_sheet [vi] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deforestation-and-global-warming/ [vii] https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/palm-oil-scorecard-2016 [viii] Ibid. [ix] https://ensia.com/features/how-did-palm-oil-become-such-a-problem-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/ [x] https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/palm-oil-scorecard-2016
#WeCanSolveThis: Good Palm Oil
Palm oil is in almost everything and it’s often grown by cutting down rainforests. How can you make sure your palm oil is sustainable?
To see how well your favorite bands are doing, check the scorecard here: https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/palm-oil-scorecard-2016
SOURCES:
[i] https://www.ran.org/palm_oil_fact_sheet
[ii] http://blog.ucsusa.org/lael-goodman/how-many-products-with-palm-oil-do-i-use-in-a-day
[iii] https://www.ran.org/palm_oil_fact_sheet
[iv] http://www.wri.org/blog/2017/05/6-years-after-moratorium-satellite-data-shows-indonesia%E2%80%99s-tropical-forests-remain
[v] https://www.ran.org/palm_oil_fact_sheet
[vi] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/deforestation-and-global-warming/
[vii] https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/palm-oil-scorecard-2016
[viii] Ibid.
[ix] https://ensia.com/features/how-did-palm-oil-become-such-a-problem-and-what-can-we-do-about-it/
[x] https://www.worldwildlife.org/publications/palm-oil-scorecard-2016
Forest Policy Advisor Steve Rhee explains the contentious, sometimes violent interactions between native groups and agricultural companies, as the tropical forest is turned into plantations.
Forest Policy Advisor Steve Rhee explains the contentious, sometimes violent interactions between native groups and agricultural companies, as the tropical forest is turned into plantations.
Harrison Ford visits Michael Stuewe of the World Wildlife Fund and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth to find out what effect his visit to Indonesia has had on the protection of tropical forest land.
Harrison Ford visits Michael Stuewe of the World Wildlife Fund and Rebecca Moore of Google Earth to find out what effect his visit to Indonesia has had on the protection of tropical forest land.
Harrison Ford watches the apes during his visit to the Nyaru Menteng Orangutan Rescue Center in Central Kalimantan.
1,021 KM2/YEAR
From 2000-2012, Indonesia exhibited the largest increase in forest loss, with an average loss of 1,021 km2/year (~395 sq miles).
Source1,021 KM2/YEAR
From 2000-2012, Indonesia exhibited the largest increase in forest loss, with an average loss of 1,021 km2/year (~395 sq miles).
Hansen paper: http://www.yadvindermalhi.org/uploads/1/8/7/6/18767612/hansen_science-2013.pdf
By way of the Years Project, we are hopeful that people will finally understand the dramatic connection between deforestation and climate change. Burning forests add two billion tons of carbon pollution per year – almost 20% of the total emissions problem. Deforestation creates more carbon pollution than all of the cars, trains and planes in the world combined – making Indonesia and Brazil the world’s 3rd and 4th largest emitters of GHG (just after the US and China).
The YEARS team is committed to covering stories about how we’re all impacted by climate change. Let us know if you see something you’d like us to investigate.
