Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe.

The unprecedented palm-oil boom, meanwhile, has enriched and emboldened many of the region’s largest corporations, which have begun using their newfound power and wealth to suppress critics, abuse workers and acquire more land to produce oil.


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