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Palm oil firms' moratorium rejection threatens orangutans: activists (AFP)

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080904/sc_afp/indonesiaenvironmentspeciesorangutancommodities"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20080904/capt.cps.nml21.040908180024.photo00.photo.default-357x512.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=3shayzdffq9lKGCNRCV7_g--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="An Orangutan stands by a river in Nyaru Menteng, Central Kalimantan in 2006. A decision by Indonesian palm oil companies to reject a moratorium on land clearing is threatening to wipe out more than 8,000 orangutans in the next three years, activists said Thursday.(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A decision by Indonesian palm oil companies to reject a moratorium on land clearing is threatening to wipe out more than 8,000 orangutans in the next three years, activists said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>