Loggers plan to clear 20 percent of tropical island paradise

Mongabay
By Jeremy HanceApr 28, 2014, 2:39 pm40 pts
Seven years ago, a palm oil company set its eyes on Woodlark Island—a small rainforest island nearly 200 miles off the coast of Papua New Guinea—but was rebuked by the local populace. But locals and conservationists who spoke to mongabay.com at the time felt that wouldn't be the end of it: they were right.…

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Loggers plan to clear 20 percent of tropical island paradise

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