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be overlooked. Growing grain to feed livestock for meat now takes up 30 percent of the earth's land. Deforestation in the Amazon has led to Brazil suffering water shortages. Indonesian forests are being destroyed to make way for oil palm plantations -- displacing animals and exploiting local labor for less than 4 dollars a day.

Dr. Jane Goodall exclaims, "It's pretty shocking when you think of the vast destruction of the forests."

Founder of the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Program, Ian Singleton, sums it up succinctly. "The battle is not to just save orangutans. It's a battle to save everything." In Singleton's view, it's the forests, animal species, and indigenous communities vs. the "bank accounts of the super-rich."

Citizens of the world will have to decide if they have the moral will to push back against entrenched powers and mindsets, while rethinking their own personal life styles.

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