Poverty and Palm Oil are Driving Deforestation in Indonesia

VICE travels to the forests of Aceh province, a region still struggling with palm oil-related deforestation and a troubling story of burning land. Widespread deforestation has caused massive flooding, exacerbating the problems of poor smallholder farmers. To add to their woes, small scale farmers have typically been the ones blamed for sparking the fires. But while the government has approached the issue as a law enforcement one, arresting farmers accused of burning their land, others are trying to understand the economic reality of this situation and remedy the issue. In this film, we meet the stakeholders of this problem and farmers offering an alternative for a problem that’s of global importance.
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