You may not realise it but the VG vegetable Glycerin in your e liquid / e juice / DIY VG comes mainly from palm oil that is farmed overseas, particularly Indonesia. Millions of Hectares of rainforest are destroyed so growers can plant palm oil plantations. Rainforests are set fire to to clear land for these plantations and many thousands of plant and animal species are killed in the process. This includes Endangered Orangutans, considered to be our closest cousin and are an extremely intelligent, very human like and gentle. They lose their homes, are burned to death in the fires or killed by being burned alive, shot and stabbed to death by farmers when they wander onto the palm plantations looking for food. (they are seen as a pest!)
Indonesia is home to some of the most rich and biodiverse rainforest in the world.
It contains over 80 endemic species and some of the world’s most unique and iconic endangered wildlife such as the orangutan, elephant and tiger.
But these animals are in grave danger.
Every hour 300 football fields of precious remaining forest is being ploughed to the ground across South East Asia to make way for palm oil plantations.
Palm oil is used in everything from snack foods to soaps. It is found in over half all packaged items on our supermarket shelves.
In the last 20 years, over 3.5 million hectares of Indonesian and Malaysian forest have been destroyed to make way for palm oil.
Almost 80% of orangutan habitat has disappeared in the last 20 years.
We are losing over 6,000 orangutans a year.
There are now only 400 Sumatran tigers left in the world.
We must stop this devastation in its tracks.
Take action today before it’s too late.
But there is good news - by choosing VG that has a Rainforest Alliance Certified and putting pressure on e liquid manufacturers to only use Rainforest Alliance Certified Vegetable Glycerin, Vapers can help change the course of the future and preserve and save the rainforests in these countries and all the trees, plants and animals, including Orangutans who inhabit them.
The Rainforest Alliance and Palm Oil | Rainforest Alliance
Palm Oil - The Orangutan Project
In Your Palm
Indonesia is home to some of the most rich and biodiverse rainforest in the world.
It contains over 80 endemic species and some of the world’s most unique and iconic endangered wildlife such as the orangutan, elephant and tiger.
But these animals are in grave danger.
Every hour 300 football fields of precious remaining forest is being ploughed to the ground across South East Asia to make way for palm oil plantations.
Palm oil is used in everything from snack foods to soaps. It is found in over half all packaged items on our supermarket shelves.
In the last 20 years, over 3.5 million hectares of Indonesian and Malaysian forest have been destroyed to make way for palm oil.
Almost 80% of orangutan habitat has disappeared in the last 20 years.
We are losing over 6,000 orangutans a year.
There are now only 400 Sumatran tigers left in the world.
We must stop this devastation in its tracks.
Take action today before it’s too late.
But there is good news - by choosing VG that has a Rainforest Alliance Certified and putting pressure on e liquid manufacturers to only use Rainforest Alliance Certified Vegetable Glycerin, Vapers can help change the course of the future and preserve and save the rainforests in these countries and all the trees, plants and animals, including Orangutans who inhabit them.
The Rainforest Alliance and Palm Oil | Rainforest Alliance
Palm Oil - The Orangutan Project
In Your Palm
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