“Many of them harvest palm oil, one of the country’s main exports, in the plantations covering millions of hectares. “Child labour is really widespread in the palm oil industry,” says Emma Lierley, forests communications manager with the Rainforest Action Network (RAN), an NGO measuring the social and environmental impact of this industry. “The culture is still very much to look the other way when it comes to child labour.”” (Read More)
April 26, 2018