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What does cupcake frosting have to do with forest destruction? More than you might think.

Hundreds of thousands of you spoke up for Indonesia's rainforests and companies like Colgate-Palmolive are listening. There is still a lot to do, but it is making progress to reduce rainforest destroying palm oil from its supply chain.

Without looking, would you know how many products in your home contain palm oil? Do you know which products are linked to deforestation?

How ‘clean’ is the palm oil used by major brands around the world? Today, we’re releasing the results of our investigation into which companies are keeping promises to stop deforestation in Indonesia for palm oil. Take a look now to see who’s keeping up — and who’s lagging way behind.

Herakles Farms' proposed palm oil plantation has always been the wrong project in the wrong place. Now, the masterminds behind it are silencing critics at all costs.

For half an hour Otan wouldn't let go. Only eight months old, he already had a vice-like grip. If there were trees, Otan would be swinging freely from branch to branch, his strong grip lifting him in high arcs through the forest canopy. But there were no more trees left for Otan.

The United Nations recently made the bold declaration that orangutans could face extinction in Borneo. Why? Because deforestation is "simply unsustainable."