Last week we explored some of the initial impacts of palm oil plantation expansion on tropical rainforests and the people and wildlife who depend on them. (goldmanprize.org)
He also approached palm oil plantation owners and reminded them that their actions were against the law. (goldmanprize.org)
Instead, these fires were set with the express purpose of clearing the forest — to open the land for soy production and cattle farming in the Amazon and for palm oil plantations in Borneo. (forest-trends.org)