<story><title>Borneo Lost More Than 100k Orangutans from 1999 to 2015</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/science/orangutans-endangered-species.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mdb333</author><text>Its definitely sad to see in person where bordering on pristine primary rainforest are miles of palm plantations encroaching closer every day. Of course, don&amp;#x27;t forget all the problems caused by the farmers slash &amp;amp; burn tactics too.&lt;p&gt;Need to boycott companies and products that use palm oil! Make sure you read labels when you buy foods and choose more sustainable options.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>awakeasleep</author><text>I hate to remind everyone, but Nutella is Palm Oil with cocoa and hazlenut flavor.&lt;p&gt;Of course, Nutella works to ensure all their palm oil has some veneer of sustainability, but the fact is the more of the planet that eats it, the more palms need to be planted.</text></comment>
<story><title>Borneo Lost More Than 100k Orangutans from 1999 to 2015</title><url>https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/15/science/orangutans-endangered-species.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>mdb333</author><text>Its definitely sad to see in person where bordering on pristine primary rainforest are miles of palm plantations encroaching closer every day. Of course, don&amp;#x27;t forget all the problems caused by the farmers slash &amp;amp; burn tactics too.&lt;p&gt;Need to boycott companies and products that use palm oil! Make sure you read labels when you buy foods and choose more sustainable options.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>oldcynic</author><text>Now so much food is a brand in a portfolio of a multi-national I don&amp;#x27;t think boycotts really work. How many tens of thousands need to join a boycott for Nestle to even notice? How many more for them to care enough to change?&lt;p&gt;Back in the days of national companies, most making just a few fairly closely related products, seems like a boycott could achieve much more.</text></comment>