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Here’s where tropical forests have been destroyed for palm oil over the past 25 years [1]

Most oil palm is grown in areas that were once species-rich and carbon-rich tropical forests, thanks to the fact that the crop’s natural range is limited to the humid tropics.

Publication Date: 
19/08/2016
Mongabay [2]
Tags:
Forests [3], Tropical Forests [4], Deforestation [5], Palm Oil [6], Asia [7], Ecuador [8], Peru [9], Indonesia [10]

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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/mongabay
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/tropical-forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/palm-oil
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/asia
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ecuador
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/peru
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/indonesia