Areas of rainforest the size of Denmark are cut down and set alight by farmers and corporations to develop palm oil plantations.

As well as destroying the habitat of critically endangered orangutans, new scientific evidence shows that deforestation comprises 20% of global carbon emissions, contributing significantly to climate change.

Using expertise gained during the dot-com boom, Dorjee forms a small carbon-trading firm and signs up three pioneering Indonesian governors to partner in his venture.

[1] The film was updated in 2009 with a new ending which included the impacts of the global financial crisis and a meeting with California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger.

[citation needed] The production attracted philanthropic support through the Documentary Australia Foundation, including from an unnamed Melbourne family trust.