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Orangutans Palm oil

Personally I think deforestation is normal, because we need the oil and other resources. But we can leave a fair amount of forest for the animals to live in and when we clear areas we can relocate them to the forests. I think it should go on but the only thing I don’t like about deforestation is the fact that 50 orangutans are killed a week, the size of the deforestation area is about300 football courts are burned every hour. The frustrating thing is that Australians consume 10 kilograms of palm oil a year without even knowing. The sad thing is that 97% of orangutans DNA is the same as our DNA. Also 87% of the world’s palm oil is made by Indonesia and Malaysia. That means a lot of trees and lots of orangutans are being burned. I think in 4-5 years all the orangutans will be Exctinced if we don’t stop buying palm oil products.

Gorilla report

Coltan Ore Coltan ore is short for Columbite-tantalite. It is a mineral that is melted and made into a metal and then used for cell phones. The Coltan is dug a lot in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). When the Coltan is dug up only 60% of it is used the other 40% is put back or thrown away. That 40% is annum (annum: has no use). Coltan mining industries destroy huge areas of forests and then they start digging. The gorillas that survived the deforestation will either be shot or will starve to death as they rome the mines looking for something to eat. In 1998 January 5th America dug up 525 tons of Coltan that’s equivalent to 50 elephants weighing 10.5 tons each. Gorillas Gorillas are the largest of the living primate (primate: part of a biological order) ­. They are ground dwelling (ground dwelling: Walks on 2 legs or all fours) and predominantly herbivorous (herbivorous: eats only plants). They inhabit the forests of America and other regions with thick moist rainforest. Herbivorous Gorillas are divided into two species (species: A kind of animal or group) and either four or five subspecies (subspecies: a group of unknown animals). The DNA (DNA: Deoxyribonucleic acid of gorillas is 98%-99% identical to that of a human and they are the next closest living relatives to humans after the two chimpanzee species. Gorillas live in tropical or subtropical forests. Although their range covers a small percentage of America, gorillas cover a wide range of elevations. The Mountain Gorilla inhabits Albertan Rift montage Cloud forest of the Virunga Volcanoes, ranging in altitude from 2225 to 4267 m (7300-14000 ft). lowland Gorillas live in dense forests and lowland swamps and marshes as low as sea level. Newspaper recount  Recycling 500 mobiles can stop poachers for year. If we recycled all the 9 million mobiles we sell in Australia each year and get $2 for each mobile that means we can raise $4.5 million for the gorilla conversation in the DRC. The survival of lowland gorillas is in the hands of Coltan mining. I billion phones are sold around the world each year. Victorians are doing well. Jane Goodall made they’re calling you. It is a mobile recycling Campaign at Melbourne zoo and last October they raised $2500 by the program. Opinion My opinion is that they should keep on mining but not digging up all the land. They should find a spot relocate the gorillas and then somewhere where they can live and the they make a hole big enough to fit trucks workers and other mining tools down and up. Which is easier for them and easier on the environment.