• 2 months ago
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“L'espansione ‘insostenibile’ dell’olio di palma, specialmente in Indonesia e nelle isole del Borneo dove lavoriamo, è stata molto dura per la vita selvatica, soprattutto per gli oranghi. Abbiamo lottato duramente per cambiare le cose. La pressione dei consumatori per una produzione sostenibile dell’olio di palma sta cambiando ciò che accade sul campo”. Parole di Michelle Desilets, Executive Director di Orangutang Land Trust - Olt, intervistata in occasione del Capalbio Film Festival, che anche quest’anno ha dedicato una giornata alla sostenibilità. Durante il festival è stato proiettato il film “Ozi, la voce della foresta” che vuole far riflettere sulla relazione tra uomo e natura e riapre il dialogo sull’olio di palma certificato sostenibile con un messaggio di speranza per il futuro.

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00:00I created with my best friend, back in 1998, a rescue center for oranges, not very different
00:17from what you see in the film.
00:19These animals come from traumatic events, terrifying, like those that open the scenes
00:25of Ozzy.
00:26They are very realistic compared to what we have seen in the middle of 2000.
00:31We created the center for over 100 oranges, we thought it was a very ambitious number,
00:38but in 2004 we had about 800, recovered from situations like the one in which Ozzy and
00:44his family were in the film.
00:46The unsustainable expansion of palm oil, especially in Indonesia and the islands of Borneo where
00:52we work, has been catastrophic for wildlife, especially for oranges.
00:58Fortunately, things have started to change and we have worked hard to bring this change.
01:04The pressure of consumers for a sustainable production of palm oil is what will change
01:10what happens on the field.
01:12I think the message is not to boycott palm oil, this is not the solution, but the real
01:19alternative to palm oil is sustainable palm oil if we want to save oranges, forests,
01:26wildlife and our planet.

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