Indonesia's forests are under pressure due to the
growing expansion of palm oil plantations. A
problem that is also causing harm to the orangutan population,
which has less and less space available. According to the Rainforest
Action Network, only 60,600 remain in the wild, and for
this reason it has decided to launch a photography campaign entitled
"The last stand
orangutan: the power is in your palm" (palm refers both to the palm tree and the palm of one's hand).

The aim is to collect 60,600 photos of people to
send to the twenty leading companies that produce snacks and
confectionery using "incriminated" palm oil, calling on them to
stop using this ingredient linked to the destruction of
forests.

To promote the campaign, the Rainforest
Action Network has also produced a hard-hitting video in which an orangutan connects via
Skype with Lena, a deaf-mute child, to ask her through sign
language to stop using peanut butter containing palm oil
because it is destroying his home.