Make+a+difference!!


 * Orangutans:**


 * I think we do not have to burn or destroy the trees where they live. We are destroying their habitat, and their lives. I think we do not have to destroy or burn their living place. The orangutans are so cute so why we are destroying the their habitat. If we regularly destroy their habitat. So we have to use sunflower oil or olive oil not the palm oil. So the orangutans not going to be extinct in 30 years. I saw all the web sites. Some people want palm oil and some people don’t want orangutans killed. We want people to don’t use the palm oil they have to use sunflower oil or olive oil not the palm oil.**
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Coltan is short for columbite- tantalite is metallic ore comprising of niobium and tantalum, found mainly in the eastern rejoins of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The Coltan is used in cellphones. Coltan is mined for cellphones and the cellphones are very useful in daily life. Coltan ore is mined through a fairly by hands in Congo. It is mined in different countries. And they are: Africa, southern Africa, and the Democratic republic of Congo. The men mined it by hands. They doesn’t use machine or any trucks to mined coltan ore. There are many problems with mining metal ores, such as pollution to the surrounding environment. Mining often means cutting down large areas of land so they make the ores a lot more accessible. When they have cleared the existing area of land of all the ore then they leave the holes in the ground uncovered, which causes many problems. 

Gorillas are the largest of the great apes that lives in forests in Africa. They have coarse black hair. They are ingressive and live in groups. They are hunted for their body parts and meat, but most people think that it is crule to be hunted for body parts, but they can be agresive, but they do deserve to live. **They live in hot dry areas.** [[image:file://localhost/Users/naj0002/Library/Caches/TemporaryItems/msoclip1/01/clip_image004.png width="287" height="84" caption="Newspaper article. Recount. "]] Recycling just 500 mobile phones could pay the wages of an anti-poaching ranger for a whole year, and a ranger can save the lives of dozens of gorillas — maybe even help save the species from extinction. And if the 9 million mobiles sold in Australia each year were eventually recycled, that would, at $2 a phone, provide $4.5 million for gorilla conservation efforts in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The opportunity, and the problem, for the survival of the eastern lowland gorilla is the mining of coltan. A small amount of minerals derived from coltan ore is used in every mobile phone made. But with about 1 billion phones sold globally each year, that makes for a lot of mining. And the mines are in the habitat of the endangered gorilla. So far, Victorians have done pretty well. Since celebrated conservationist Jane Good all launched the //They're Calling on You// mobile phone recycling campaign at Melbourne Zoo last October, about $2500 has been raised by the program. "We have received about 1000 mobile phones a month," Zoos Victoria community conservation. manager Rachel Lowry says. "But we know many people were given mobile phones over the Christmas period, so we are urging them to give the old handsets to us. "Phones can be dropped in at the Melbourne Zoo. 

Gorillas became endangered because of poachers and loggers. The loggers cut down the trees in the forest which have their food on them, and the poachers kill them for meat or otherwise known as "bush meat". Poachers also kill the gorillas for their body parts such as hands, feet and skull. These can be sold in markets as souviners. One nice and interesting project to help the endangered mountain gorillas. It works this way: Contributors can help the gorillas buying pieces of a picture, which will be discovered as these areas are bought. Once the visitors pass over the bought areas, the contributor information (web or name) shows up. All the funds collected will got to the german association Berggorilla, working in situ in Africa since 1984 to help this endangered animals (just 720 living in the wild). If the project finally succeed, we can reach the amount of 480.000 € (1€/pixel). So we are still on time to help them!