OIL PALM PLANTATIONS ARE NOTHING LIKE NATURAL TROPICAL FORESTS
The tropical forests of Indonesia and Malaysia are among the most biodiverse in the world, home to thousands of endemic species. The lowland tropical forests of Sumatra alone have an estimated 30,000 different plant species and as many as 1,000 different tree species.
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Oil palm plantations have very low biodiversity, which means they are unable to provide the ecosystem services normally provided by the large, unfragmented forests they replace.
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