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Forests are also cleared to make space for palm oil plantations ... allowing them to grow back. However, humans usually need to assist in some way, such as by planting new trees of the same ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — A research team has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems. The results ...
for every tree that is cut down," said Pilet. The effects of the disease on Guadeloupe's coconut palms has not yet raised major concerns among French authorities. The coconut industry in the ...