Botanist Jean Henkens travels the world to save trees earmarked for destruction as virgin tropical rainforest is burned to make way for lucrative but environmentally costly palm oil plantations.
"I am one of the fighters against the green oil mafia in Indonesia and Africa," he said. "I am very against that because it's slavery for the people – they are promised a lot before and the concessions that go to people who are incredibly rich already. They are making the people poor and they are making the soil poor."
The Guardian: Saving trees from palm oil logging at Center Parcs
Comments