December 1, 2007
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Loading ...Southeast Asia Paying High Environmental Cost For Palm Oil
via TreeHugger:
Trackback“Expansion of cultivation of (oil palm) in East Asia has been associated with widespread deforestation and violation of human rights of indigenous people,” states the report, which singles out top producers Indonesia and Malaysia as countries where - in addition to deforestation and indigenous conflicts - palm oil production has also resulted in the destruction of key habitats of endangered primates.
