Honduras, and more specifically Tela and Punta Sal used to be places rich with natural resources, forests, clean water, and wildlife. There were vast wetlands, rivers and the coast where the second largest coral reef in the world can be found.

He describes how after the exponential growth in the oil palm/African palm industry, ecosystems have decayed. The lands where African palm is cultivated is burned first, destroying forests and killing wildlife. The amount of African palm cultivated was described as irrational, and having negative effects on the purity of water in rivers and the ocean, posing a threat to various species of wildlife and plants.

These places, Tela and specifically Punta Sal, are beaches and considered national parks in Honduras. The observer used to enjoy the beach and often pass by these places. Now, he also plants African palm there, but being aware of the negative effects its had on the environment, he does it in lands that are good for African palm and has taken certifications to do this ethically. He laments the vast amount of people who do it unethically and the effects this is having on Honduras.