Wednesday, January 17, 2007

Boycott Indonesian Coffee ?

According to the WWF, Indonesians are illegally clearing land in the national park located in Bukit Barisan Selatan to grow Coffee. Bukit Barisan Selatan, located in Sumatra island, is the habitat for endangered species such as tigers, elephants, and rhinos. Annually, Indonesians illegally planted and harvested around 20 thousand tons of coffee beans. These tainted beans are then mixed with legally grown beans by local traders for export. If this uncivilized clearing of lands persists, the protected species of rhinos, elephants, and tigers will become extincts and wipe off the face of earth forever.

Bukit Barisan Selatan is one of the last few protected habitats in the world for the critically endangered species. Indonesia is the world's largest exporter of robusta coffee. Most of the instant coffee we buy from the shelves of supermarkets in Malaysia are made from Robusta coffee.

My dear beloved religiously righteous in Indonesian, firstly, without fails, every year you persist on your rights to pollute the environment of neighbouring countries by "slashed and burned" of jungles for cultivations of crops. Now, you are also slowly killing off endangered species for the sake of few extra beans. What is wrong with your narrowly congested and retarded minds ?

Kanlinlowboo, I am a habitual coffee drinker. I did not know, my innocent drinking habits are actually choking endangered species into extinction ! God forgive me for my unintentional sinful act. From now on, I will boycott buying coffee originated from Indonesia.

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