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Virgin forest disappearing for human's desire
April-22-2010
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]
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]


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