Globalized Beef, Palm Oil & Timber Corporations Now Main Cause of Tropical Deforestation

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palm oil deforestation photo Land cleared in Indonesia for a palm oil plantation, photo: H Dragon/Creative Commons Confirming what previous studies have shown, new research from the Union of Concerned Scientists shows that the main threats to tropical forests are no longer from...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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