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Virgin forest disappearing for human's desire

2010-04-22 08:59 BJT

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A bird's eye view shows the palm trees encircled by forest in the Indonesian
province of Jambi on Sumatra island, April 20, 2010. As the palm oil price
is increasing on the world market, Indonesia speed up the plantations of
palm trees to become the largest exporter of palm oil at the expense of the
loss of virgin forest, which is the main absorber of greenhouse gases and
guard of biological diversity. (Xinhua/Yue Yuewei)

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