The Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most important rainforests in Southeast Asia, is being destroyed for massive industrial development including the expansion of palm oil plantations.
This case study was written by Tom Goldtooth, Executive Director of Indigenous Environmental Network for our latest bank report card, Banking on Climate Change: Fossil Fuel Finance Report Card 2018….
Protecting rainforest is one of the best defenses we have against devastating climate change. We must continue to protect rainforest from multi national corporations profiting from rampant logging and land conversion – often for industrial-scale plantations of palm oil or large tree farms for pulp and paper production.