Photo by Matthieu Paley paleyphoto / In Borneo, Indonesia, some farmers clear land the easy way… by lighting fires illegally, burning not only the tropical rainforest but also destroying the world’s largest natural terrestrial carbon sink: the peatlands beneath. They're doing this to cash in on the growing demand for palm oil, the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet; its rapid expansion threatens some of the planet’s most sensitive habitats. For more on environmental issues, follow paleyphoto #palmoil #borneo #indonesia #kalimantan