# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CI53eqzsaEB
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11687054-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/30777d447f.jpg
- **Posted:** 2020-12-17T15:38:09.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

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

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## Tags

kalimantan, borneo, indonesia, palmoil

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