Myanmar risks losing forests to oil palm, but there’s time to pivot

Mongabay
Nov 13, 2019, 5:59 am140 pts
Indonesia and Malaysia have long occupied the spotlight for oil palm plantations and their adverse consequences, including deforestation, habitat loss, climate change, and struggles with indigenous and local people. But other Southeast Asian countries are fast joining the two oil palm giants, with Myanmar…

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