‘A major concern’: plantation-driven deforestation ramps up in Borneo

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By Morgan Erickson-DavisSep 9, 2016, 8:40 pm329 pts
Borneo, home to animals like orangutans, rhinos, elephants, and proboscis monkeys is also host to some of the fastest plantation expansion in the world. Now, a new study published yesterday in Nature examines how much of this expansion has been happening at the expense of primary forest. It finds that…

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