Palm oil particularly is a great example of misdirected policy - much of the clearing / planting was done a response to US biofuel demands:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/maga...
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/maga...
This is just based on what you said, and you might clarify afterwards. But I find it weird that palm oil planting was US led. They're only 6th in import: http://www.worldstopexports.com/palm-oil-imports-by-country/
I would imagine china or india being bigger driving forces in clear cutting forests for palm oil planting.