Oil ogre

The world's largest butterfly, Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, could become extinct due to the rampant clearing of New Guinea's forests for producing more palm oil. Ten years ago, Down To Earth had quoted a member of a Paraguay-based forest policy non-profit saying that, "Agro fuels (like palm oil) are rapidly becoming the major cause of deforestation and rural devastation." ("Dicey parameters", 16-31 May, 2007). In 2017, palm oil threatens to unleash a new catastrophe.