Mongabay: For the sixth episode of its third season, HBOs Emmy-winning news series, VICE, focused its lens on Indonesias palm oil industry. The episode, entitled, Indonesias Palm Bomb, follows VICE correspondent, Ben Anderson, as he investigates the environmental and social impact of widespread (and, at times, illegal) deforestation on wildlife and indigenous communities in Sumatra.
In a recent interview with Mongabay.com, Ben Anderson describes his firsthand experience witnessing slash-and-burn forest...