Burning rainforest on Sumatra to make space for palm oil plantations, Indonesia
Large areas of Indonesia’s rainforests have been converted to oil palm plantations, driven by rising global demand for the cheap vegetable oil popular with food manufacturers and as a renewable fuel (biofuel). Palm oil and palm kernel oil now make up one of the largest shares of global vegetable oil supply, with Indonesia and Malaysia…
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Produced by:Peter Prokosch
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Year:01/05/2014
Burning rainforest on Sumatra to make space for palm oil plantations, Indonesia
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