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Globally, palm oil production is associated with multinational corporations clearing large swathes of land, dubiously grabbing local people's land, and destroying animal habitats to create oil palm plantations. Ours is a different experience. In Liberia and across most of West Africa, oil palm grows naturally in the wilds (dura variety), without anyone having to plant, due to the country's agro-ecological profile - high rainfall, moist soil, and tropical climate. In rural areas, palm trees are communally owned, and governed by local chiefs and elders. As such, palm oil cultivation in most rural communities do not cause social and environmental devastation associated with large-scale multinational oil palm production.