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Fibre production drives deforestation in Indonesia

2014-07-21 16:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Nature: Forests in Indonesia are increasingly being levelled to make way for plants for pulp and paper production, as in this site in Sumatra. Palm-oil plantations are generally though to be the main driver of deforestation in Indonesia, which is home to the worlds third-largest tropical forest and has the highest rate of forest loss. But fibre plantations -- where species such as Acacia mangium are grown for use in pulp and paper production -- now seem to be the main culprit. Of the 14.7 million...

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