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HERE AND THERE Tropical rainforests serve as our planet’s air conditioning system because they are one of the biggest CO2 stores worldwide. The more carbon is released, the warmer the climate gets and, as a result, more flooding’s and other natural disasters occur. Every felled tree weakens the earth’s aircon. Our consumer behaviour greatly influences this development since many resources we use on a day-to-day basis originally hail from the other side of the world – often from the tropics, where rainforests are destroyed to cater to our needs. And this is exactly why we can change something! This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by Idea, concept and design by Jan Herold, Stefanie Nagel, Elisa Schiffgen and Fabienne Schovenberg in cooperation with Birthe Hesebeck, Sarah Wylegalla and Sarah Scholz from the Tropical Forest Foundation OroVerde Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz Clima t eAl liance In cooperation with Reading tracks at the supermarket Next time you buy groceries, pay attention to palm oil-free products. Chocolate, for example, does not have to be made with palm oil, the cocoa butter provides enough grease. Organic stores stock a wide variety of products containing certified organic palm oil. It is pretty easy to protect the rainforest! Fresh is better Ready-made and instant meals like frozen pizza or instant soup often contain palm oil. It is better to prepare fresh meals, using fresh, regional ingredients. Lead foot or sexy butt? In Germany, the product, which accounts for the highest palm oil consumption is organic diesel fuel. Every litre contains palm oil - and, thus, a little bit of rainforest. Rather than filling up your car with rainforest you can use public transport or take your bike. Give your car and the rainforests a break and exchange speeding through town with a workout for your body. Choose a sexy butt over a lead foot! Cook with regional, fresh and organic ingredients! Good palm oil, bad palm oil? Palm oil is not a ‘bad oil’ per se. It is tasteless and odourless and the fruit of the palm oil tree yield considerably more profit than rape or sunflower seeds. Therefore, replacing palm oil in foodstuffs by other types of oil is not a real alternative. Nevertheless, you can easily avoid consuming un- necessary oils in groceries by preparing fresh meals as often as possible rather than buying ready-made meals or fast food. Also, the refrain from throwing away food so that you do not waste our rainforests carelessly. This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by In cooperation with Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz Clima t eAl liance Let your technical devices live longer! The longer you use a technical device, the less rainforest is destroyed. Recycle your old technical devices! There are a lot of places where you can drop off old electrical devices to be re- cycled: - Manufacturers have to take back old mobile phones. - Environmental organisations have established more than 350 collecting points in the country. - Online portals buy used mobile phones. Fix rather than chuck it! “Repair cafes” are where you can gather useful information on how to fix old de- vices so that you can use them longer. This saves you money and is fun, too! We all have a little treasure trove at home but most of us do not know it. Technical devices are chock-a-block with rare and precious raw materials, which can be recycled. Copper has a re- cycling potential of 100 %! Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by In cooperation with Idea, concept and design by Jan Herold, Stefanie Nagel, Elisa Schiffgen and Fabienne Schovenberg in cooperation with Birthe Hesebeck, Sarah Wylegalla and Sarah Scholz from the Tropical Forest Foundation OroVerde Clima t eAl liance Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by In cooperation with Clima t eAl liance In Germany, we consume an incredible amount of paper each year. A pile so high it would reach from the earth’s surface to way beyond the moon. In 2014, the per capita consumption of paper amounted to 251 kg, meaning that our paper consumption is eight times higher than it used to be 60 years ago. Every fifth cut-down tree is used to produce paper. 1950 2014 The EU alone con- sumed 104 million tons of paper in 2014, and Germany ranks as number 4 among the biggest consumers of paper worldwide. Indonesia is home to the sixth- largest swath of rainforest in the world. Yet nowhere are the tree losses as dramatic as there. The destruction is mainly caused by the rapidly expanding pulp and paper production. Several million hectares of rain- forest are already lost – irreversibly. HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM. This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by in cooperation with Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz Clima t eAl liance Do you really have to print it? Often, it is sufficient to read texts on the computer screen rather than print them. With the right data management, it is possible to keep things tidy digitally so that printing documents and, thus, wasting paper finally becomes obsolete. Make protecting the rainforests a daily routine. When shopping, pay attention to the Blue Angel, an eco-label indicating that paper products like toilet, printing or writing paper are made entirely from recycled material. Paper has seven lives! Save and recycle Sorting waste properly is worth it since paper can be recycled up to seven times, meaning that less trees are needed to produce the same amount of paper. Tip: You can make a lot of pretty and useful things from old paper, e.g. notebooks, wrap- ping paper, jewellery and decorations. When producing recycling paper, you need 3.3 times less water than when producing fresh fibre paper. Recycling paper Fresh fibre paper Palm oil is a main driver of deforestation. The main growing areas are Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia clears a lot of rainforest to make room for palm oil plantations. As a result, Indonesia is ranked number three of the climate sinner countries. Only the U.S. and China cause more damage. Palm oil boom In the last 20 years, the area used for the cultivation of palm oil quadrupled! 0,4% 10,5% animal feed 24,8 % foodstuffs 44,2% 5,2 % detergent & toiletries certified organic palm oil 10,1% pharmaceutical & chemical products diesel fuel Since 1990, 31 million hectares of rainforest have been destroyed in Indonesia. The palm oil production accounts for 20 % of this loss. As a result, the orang-utan population is decreasing and the primates are now considered an endangered species. Palm oil is pretty much invisible for us, even thoughevery second supermarket item contains it. Within the EU, it has to be stated clearly if foods contain palm oil as of 2014. Cosmetics and chemicals are exempt from this EU decree. When it comes to these products, palm oil is incognito and hides behind different names so that often, we are using palm oil without knowing. THE INVISIBLE THREAT Palm oil con- sumption in Germany 5,1% electricity & heat In 2013, the palm oil consumption per capita in Germany amounted to 19 kg. This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by In cooperation with Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz Clima t eAl liance chicken: 1.089 g soy For this amount of soy, 4,2m2of farmland are needed. HOLY CHICKEN! ... it would weigh 158kg by the age of two. If a baby gained weight as fast as a broiler chicken ... 11 kg of chicken 9kg of beef Annually, every German eats roughly ... Yet a serving of 40–80g a day would be healthier. beef: 456 g soy For this amount of soy, 1,7m2 of farmland are needed. To produce 1 kg of chicken meat, a broiler chicken is fed more than 1 kg of soy. This soy is usu- ally grown in the tropics where huge rainforests have to be cleared for soy cultivation. pork: 508 g soy For this amount of soy, 2m2 of farmland are needed. 2 % of the soy for the German market originate in the EU ... ... 98 % originate in the tropics. If you combine the soy plantations for animal feed, biofuel and foodstuffs all over the globe, you are looking at an area of 113 million hectares. France would fit into it twice. ... and 38kg of pork. That is 60kg of meat each year or 160 g of meat daily. In intensive livestock farming, the following amout of soy is neededfor eachkilogram of ... This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz Clima t eAl liance In cooperation with ... because organic farmers buy regionally cultivated animal feed or grow it themselves, meaning that no rainforest has to be cleared to make room for soy plantations. Eco-labels protect animals and rainforests ... In so doing, you ensure that the Sunday roast stays something special Vegan, vegetarian or food containing meat? Do as you please! Just remember to eat less meat and of a higher quality. It is healthier – not only for you, but for the environment, too! and, as a positive side effect, you protect the rainforests. Make your plate a little more colourful and add some variety to your diet. How about a fruit salad or a vegetable lasagne for a change? Enjoy your meal! In intensive livestock farming, 4,2 m2 of farmland are needed for the cultivation of soy to yield 1 kg of chicken meat. If used differently, this amount of farmland could yield 17 kg of potatoes, for example. Did you know? This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz Clima t eAl liance In cooperation with WHO CARES ABOUT TOMORROW! In Germany alone, over 100 million mobile phones lie around in drawers. Too precious to be chucked Each mobile phone contains precious materials and natural resources like tantalum, copper, cobalt and even gold. They are not only valuable because they are so rare but also because extracting them costs a lot of energy and money. And the additional cost for the rainforest and its inhabitants is immeasurable: The habitats of gorillas, jaguars and birds of paradise are destroyed in order to mine tantalum. Mobiles, tablets, game consoles, PCs and more – millions of devices are discarded each year. Rare earth metals will be used up one day. Just like other natural resources. We have to reconsider our consumer behaviour when it comes to exhaustible raw materials and put an end to the never-ending waste flood. The rainforest as a supermarket The Republic of the Congo accounts for half of the global cobalt production. The metal is mined in the rainforests of the country. Ore mining is among the main reasons for the dramatic decline in the mountain gorilla population. Bauxite is an aluminium ore extracted in surface mines. Like cobalt, it occurs mainly in the evergreen forests of the tropics. Brazil’s most important bauxite mine Porto Trombetas, for example, is situated in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Every year, the mine is responsible for the loss of huge expanses of rainforest. In 2011, the global copper production amounted to more than 16 million tons. Its by-product, toxic waste, is directed into rivers, which causes major damage to rainforests and its inhabitants – in Indonesia, for example. Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by In cooperation with Idea, concept and design by Jan Herold, Stefanie Nagel, Elisa Schiffgen and Fabienne Schovenberg in cooperation with Birthe Hesebeck, Sarah Wylegalla and Sarah Scholz from the Tropical Forest Foundation OroVerde Clima t eAl liance In Germany, you can buy a bar of chocolate for as little as 30 Cents. Ultimately, the cocoa farmers pay the price for cheap chocolate. They produce cocoa under poor conditions. Very often, this includes the exploitation of child labourers. Cocoa wins, rainforests die. In West Africa alone, the cultivation area for cocoa has increased by 107% since 1961. Every year, Ghana loses 1.3% of its remaining rainfo- rest to cocoa cultivation. North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse combined have an area of 5.6 million ha. This equals the expanse of cocoa cropland in West Africa. The majority of cocoa farmers in West Africa has a per capita income of 1.25 euros, meaning that they live at the poverty line. Chocolate is so valuable that it should actually be on display at museums. Back in the day, it was even used as currency in South America. NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS GOLD GLITTERS. GREAT BRITAIN 9,8kg SWITZERLAND 10,5kg GERMANY 11,6kg No country worldwide has a higher per capita consumption of products containing cocoa than Germany. Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by In cooperation with The World Fair Trade Organizati- on is an umbrella organisation for companies with trade chains that comply with fair trade criteria. The goods manufactured by these enterprises are 100 % fair, from the raw materials to the final product. We recommend El Ceibo, dwp, El Puente, Gepa and Rapunzel. The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ labels adhere to ecological criteria but do not testify to the quality of social standards. Only certain raw materials are certified organic. The focus is environmental protection rather than the protection of the labourers. Save the rainforest by buying “forest chocolate” Faire trade guarantees exchange, transparency, respect and justice for cocoa farmers in international trade – good reasons to pay attention to these eco-labels! Originally, cocoa trees hail from rainforests. They like shade and grow well underneath taller trees. That is why they can be a reliable source of income for small farmers who live around the perimeter of protected rainforests. The farmers reforest cleared stretches of land, e.g. former pastures, on the outskirts of protected areas and, thus, create new forests. There, they plant cocoa trees, harvest the crop and sell it. The result are biodiverse forests and a new source of income. Eco-labels and how they work When buying products containing cocoa, you can actively support fair trade and the protection of rainforests by watching out for the following eco-labels. Want to know more? Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or facebook.com/regenwaldschutz This exhibition was realised with the support of Sponsored by In cooperation with Clima t eAl liance Touring exhibition „here and there“
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HEREAND
THERE
Tropicalrainforestsserve as ourplanet’sair conditioning systembecause they are one of the biggestCO2 stores worldwide. The more carbon isreleased, the warmer the climate gets and,as a result, more flooding’s and other naturaldisasters occur. Every felled tree weakensthe earth’s aircon.
Our consumerbehaviour greatly
influences thisdevelopment
since many resources we use on aday-to-day basis originally hail from
the other side of the world – oftenfrom the tropics, where rainforests
are destroyed to cater to our needs.
And this isexactly why
we can changesomething!
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by
Idea, concept and design by Jan Herold, Stefanie Nagel, Elisa Schiffgen and Fabienne Schovenbergin cooperation with Birthe Hesebeck, Sarah Wylegalla and Sarah Scholz
from the Tropical Forest Foundation OroVerde
Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Climate AllianceThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
In cooperation with
Reading tracks at the supermarketNext time you buy groceries, pay attention to palm oil-free products. Chocolate, for example, does not have to be made with palm oil, the cocoa butter provides enough grease. Organic stores stock a wide variety of products containing certified organic palm oil. It is pretty easy to protect the rainforest!
Fresh is betterReady-made and instant meals like frozen pizza or instant soup often contain palm oil. It is better to prepare fresh meals, using fresh, regional ingredients.
Lead foot orsexy butt?In Germany, the product, which accounts for the highest palm oil consumption is organic diesel fuel. Every litre contains palm oil - and, thus, a little bit of rainforest.
Rather than filling up your car with rainforest you can use public transport or take your bike. Give your car and the rainforests a break and exchange speeding through town with a workout for your body. Choose a sexy butt over a lead foot!
Cook with regional, fresh and organic ingredients!
Good palm oil, bad palm oil?Palm oil is not a ‘bad oil’ per se. It is tasteless and odourless and the fruit of the palm oil tree yield considerably more profit than rape or sunflower seeds. Therefore, replacing palm oil in foodstuffs by other types of oil is not a real alternative.
Nevertheless, you can easily avoid consuming un-necessary oils in groceries by preparing fresh meals as often as possible rather than buying ready-made meals or fast food. Also, the refrain from throwing away food so that you do not waste our rainforests carelessly.
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by In cooperation with Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
Gerasimchuk, Peng Yam 2013.
Climate AllianceThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
Let your technical devices livelonger!The longer you use atechnical device, theless rainforest isdestroyed.
Recycle your old technical devices!
There are a lot of places where you can drop off old electrical devices to be re-cycled:
- Manufacturers have to take back old mobile phones.- Environmental organisations have established more than 350 collecting points in the country.- Online portals buy used mobile phones.
Fix rather than chuck it!“Repair cafes” are where you can gather useful information on how to fix old de-vices so that you can use them longer. This saves you money and is fun, too!
We all have a little treasure troveat home but most of us do not know it. Technical devices are chock-a-block with rare and precious rawmaterials, which can be recycled. Copper has a re-cycling potential of 100 %!
Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
ASTM, Klima-Bündnis Luxemburg 2014
Landesamt für Natur, Umwelt und Verbraucherschutz Nordrhein-Westfalen (LANUV NRW) 2012
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by In cooperation with
Idea, concept and design by Jan Herold, Stefanie Nagel, Elisa Schiffgen and Fabienne Schovenbergin cooperation with Birthe Hesebeck, Sarah Wylegalla and Sarah Scholz
from the Tropical Forest Foundation OroVerde
Climate AllianceThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
Bundesumweltamt 2016.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2016.
FAO (2016) Yearbook of Forest Products 2014.
Forum Ökologie & Papier (FÖP) 2013.
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by In cooperation with
Climate AllianceThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
In Germany, we consume an incredible amount of paper each year. A pile so high it would reach from the earth’s surface to way beyond the moon.
In 2014, the per capita consumption of paper amounted to 251 kg,meaning that our paper consumption is eight times higher than it used to be 60 years ago.
Every fifth cut-down tree is used to produce paper.
1950 2014
The EU alone con-sumed 104 million tons of paper in 2014,and Germany ranks as number 4 among the biggest consumers of paper worldwide.
Indonesia is home to the sixth-largest swath of rainforest in the
world. Yet nowhere are the tree losses as dramatic as there. The destruction is mainly caused by the rapidly expanding pulp and paper production.
Several million hectares of rain-
forest are already lost – irreversibly.
HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM.
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by in cooperation with Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
Forum Ökologie & Papier (FÖP) 2013
Höke, Schabler 2009
Climate AllianceThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
Do you really have to print it?Often, it is sufficient to read texts on the computer screen rather than print them. With the right data management, it is possible to keep things tidy digitally so that printing documents and, thus, wasting paper finally becomes obsolete.
Make protecting the rainforests a daily routine.When shopping, pay attention to the Blue Angel, an eco-label indicating that paper products like toilet, printing or writing paper are made entirely from recycled material.
Paper has seven lives!
Save and recycleSorting waste properly is worth it since paper can be recycled up to seven times, meaning that less trees are needed to produce the same amount of paper.
Tip: You can make a lot of pretty and useful things from old paper, e.g. notebooks, wrap-ping paper, jewellery and decorations.
When producing recycling paper, you need 3.3 times less water than when producing fresh fibre paper.
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aper
Palm oil is a main driver of deforestation.
The main growing areas are Indonesia and Malaysia. Indonesia clears a lot of rainforest to make room for palm oil
plantations. As a result, Indonesia is ranked number three of the climate sinner countries. Only the U.S. and China
cause more damage.
Palm oil boomIn the last 20 years, the area used for the cultivation
of palm oil quadrupled!
0,4%
10,5% animal feed
24,8% foodstuffs
44,2%
5,2% detergent &toiletries
certified organicpalm oil
10,1% pharmaceutical &chemical products
diesel fuel
Since 1990, 31 million hectares of rainforest have been destroyed
in Indonesia. The palm oil production accounts for 20% of this loss.
As a result, the orang-utan population is decreasing and the primates are now considered
an endangered species.
Palm oil is pretty much invisible for us, even thoughevery second supermarket item contains it. Within the EU, it has to be stated clearly if foods contain palm oil as of 2014. Cosmetics and chemicals are exempt from this EU decree. When it comes to these products, palm oil is incognito and hides behind different names so that
often, we are using palm oil without knowing.
THEINVISIBLETHREAT Palm oil con-
sumption in Germany
5,1%electricity & heat
In 2013, the palm oil consumption per capita in Germany amounted to
19 kg.
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by In cooperation with
Meo Carbon Solutions 2015.
Brot für die Welt 2014.
Friends of the Earth (FOE) 2015.
Greenpeace International 2015.
Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
International Union for Conservation of Nature
and Natural Resources (IUCN) 2015.
Meo Carbon Solutions 2015.
Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) 2016.
Climate AllianceThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
chicken:1.089g soy
For this amount of soy,4,2m2 of farmland
are needed.
HOLYCHICKEN!
... it would weigh
158kgby the age of two.
If a baby gained weight as fast as a broiler chicken ...
11kg ofchicken
9kg ofbeef
Annually,every Germaneats roughly ...
Yet aserving of
40–80ga day wouldbe healthier.
beef:456g soy
For this amount of soy,1,7m2 of farmland
are needed.
To produce 1kg ofchicken meat, a broiler
chicken is fed more than 1kg of soy. This soy is usu-
ally grown in thetropics where huge
rainforests have to becleared for soy cultivation.
pork:508g soy
For this amount of soy,2m2 of farmland
are needed.
2% of the soy for theGerman market originatein the EU ...
... 98% originatein the tropics.If you combine the soy plantations for animal feed,biofuel and foodstuffs all over the globe, you arelooking at an area of 113 million hectares.France would fit into it twice.
... and
38kgof pork.
That is60kg
of meateach year
or 160g of meat daily.
In intensive livestock farming,the following amout of soy is
needed for each kilogram of ...
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
Bundesverband der Deutschen Fleischwarenindustrie e.V. 2016.
Van Gelder et. al. 2008.
Kroes, Kuepper 2015.
Bundesverband der Deutschen Fleischwarenindustrie e.V. 2015.
Climate Alliance
In cooperation with
The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
... because organic farmersbuy regionally cultivatedanimal feed or grow itthemselves, meaning that
no rainforest has to becleared to make room forsoy plantations.
Eco-labelsprotectanimals andrainforests...
In so doing, youensure that the
Sunday roast stayssomething special
Vegan,vegetarianor foodcontaining meat?Do as you please!
Just remember to eat less meat and of a higher quality.
It is healthier – not only for you, but for theenvironment, too!
and, as a positive side effect, you protect the rainforests.
Make your plate a little more colourful and add some variety to your diet. How about a fruit salad
or a vegetable lasagne for a change?
Enjoyyour meal!
In intensive livestock farming, 4,2m2 of farmland are needed for the cultivation of soy to yield 1kg of chicken meat. If used differently, this amount of farmland could yield 17kg of potatoes, for example.
Did you know?
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
Bundesverband der Deutschen Fleischwarenindustrie e.V. 2016.
Van Gelder et. al. 2008.
Kroes, Kuepper 2015.
Bundesverband der Deutschen Fleischwarenindustrie e.V. 2015.
Climate Alliance
In cooperation with
The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
WHO CARES ABOUTTOMORROW!
In Germany alone,
over 100 millionmobile phones lie
around in drawers.
Too preciousto be chuckedEach mobile phone contains precious materials and natural resources like tantalum, copper, cobalt and even gold. They are not only valuable
because they are so rare but also becauseextracting them costs a lot of energy and money.
And the additional cost for the rainforest and its
inhabitants is immeasurable: The habitats ofgorillas, jaguars and birds of paradise aredestroyed in order to mine tantalum.
Mobiles, tablets,
game consoles, PCs
and more – millions
of devices are
discarded each year.
Rare earth metals will be
used up one day. Just like other natural
resources. We have to
reconsider our consumer
behaviour when itcomes to exhaustible
raw materials and put an
end to the never-ending
waste flood.
The rainforest as a supermarketThe Republic of the Congo accounts for half of the global cobalt production.The metal is mined in the rainforests of the country. Ore mining is among themain reasons for the dramatic decline in the mountain gorilla population.
Bauxite is an aluminium ore extracted in surface mines. Like cobalt, it occurs mainly in the evergreen forests of the tropics. Brazil’s most important bauxite mine Porto Trombetas, forexample, is situated in the heart of the Amazon rainforest. Every year, the mine is responsible for the loss of hugeexpanses of rainforest.
In 2011, the global copper production amounted to more than 16 million tons. Its by-product, toxic waste, is directed into rivers,
which causes major damage to rainforests and its inhabitants – in Indonesia, for example.
Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
Bitkom 2015
Südwind 2012
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by In cooperation with
Idea, concept and design by Jan Herold, Stefanie Nagel, Elisa Schiffgen and Fabienne Schovenbergin cooperation with Birthe Hesebeck, Sarah Wylegalla and Sarah Scholz
from the Tropical Forest Foundation OroVerde
Climate AllianceThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
In Germany, you can buy a bar of chocolate for as little as 30 Cents.
Ultimately, the cocoa farmers
pay the price for cheap chocolate.
They produce cocoa under poor conditions. Very often, this includes the
exploitation of child labourers.
Cocoa wins, rainforests die.
In West Africa alone, the cultivation area for cocoa has increased by 107% since1961. Every year, Ghana loses 1.3% of its remaining rainfo-rest to cocoa cultivation.
North Rhine-Westphalia and Hesse combined have an area of 5.6 million ha. This equals the expanse of cocoa cropland in West Africa.
The majority of cocoa farmers in West Africa has a per capita income of 1.25 euros, meaning that they live at the poverty line.
Chocolate is so valuablethat it should actually be on display at museums. Back in the day, it was even used as currency in South America.
NOT EVERYTHING THAT IS GOLD GLITTERS.
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9,8kg
SWIT
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10,5kg
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11,6kgNo country worldwide has a higher per capita consumption of
products containing cocoa than Germany.
Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
Sources:
Hütz-Adams, Knoke, & Niewerth; Südwind 2013
Potts 2010
Hütz-Adams, Fountain 2015: Cocoa Barometer 2015
CAOBISCO 2013
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by In cooperation with
The views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
The World Fair Trade Organizati-on is an umbrella organisation for companies with trade chains that comply with fair trade criteria. The goods manufactured by these enterprises are 100 % fair, from the raw materials to the finalproduct. We recommendEl Ceibo, dwp, El Puente,Gepa and Rapunzel.
The Rainforest Alliance and UTZ labels adhere to ecologicalcriteria but do not testify to the quality of socialstandards.
Only certain raw materials are certified organic. The focus isenvironmental protection rather than the protection of thelabourers.
Save the rainforest by buying “forest chocolate”
Faire tradeguaranteesexchange,transparency,respect and justice for cocoa farmers in international trade – goodreasons to payattentionto theseeco-labels!
Originally, cocoa trees hail from rainforests. They like shade and grow well underneath taller trees. That is why they can be a reliable source of income for small farmers who live around the perimeter of protected rainforests. The farmers reforest cleared stretches of land, e.g. former pastures, on the outskirts of protected areas and, thus, create newforests. There, they plant cocoa trees, harvest the crop and sell it. The result are biodiverse forests and a new source of income.
Eco-labels and how they workWhen buying products containing cocoa, you can actively support fair trade and the protection of rainforests by watching out for the following eco-labels.
Want to know more?Go to regenwald-schuetzen.org or
facebook.com/regenwaldschutz
This exhibition was realised with the support of
Sponsored by In cooperation with
Climate AllianceThe views expressed in this publication do not necessarily re�ect the views of the European Comission.
Touring exhibition „here and there“
