Rainforests or soap? You decide

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The people in this photo have joined Greenpeace's campaign to convince Dove that they should stop destroying rainforests for palm oil and help protect endangered species like orang-utans - so can you.

Palm oil - one of the ingredients in Dove soap - is devastating the rainforests of Indonesia as they're torn down to make room for huge oil palm plantations. In fact, these rainforests are being destroyed faster than any other in the world largely because of the demand for this oil, putting rare animals such as Sumatran tigers, Javan rhinoceroses and orang-utans in even greater danger. This destruction also releases massive amounts of greenhouse gases which are accelerating climate change.

Unilever, the company that makes Dove, needs to clean up their act. Make sure they see this photo by clicking 'send to a friend' below and sending it to Patrick Cescau, Group Chief Executive of Unilever at patrick.cescau@unilever.com, then find out what else you can do at www.greenpeace.org.uk/dove.

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Title: Rainforests or soap? You decide
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Created: Tue, 04/22/2008 - 2:18am
Modified: Tue, 04/22/2008 - 2:18am

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