Shopping für den Regenwald – Tipps und Tricks, wie der Wald voll Affen bleibt

The rainforests of the world are threatened by the consumer's behaviour. The habitat of many primate species is cut for wood and paper products and burned for palm oil and rubber plantations. Orang-utans and gibbons in Asia as well as gorillas in Africa are therefore threatened by immediate extinction. The exhibition at the great ape house at Zoo Zuerich informs about the source and production means of these consumer goods responsible for forest destruction and gives concrete action proposals. Themes are products like palm oil, shrimps, rubber, beef, mineral resources, tropical wood and paper. The exhibition found large visitor attention and received 2008 the Prix Expo of the Academy of Natural Sciences Switzerland (SCNAT).