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Where forests are converted to plantations of oil palm or other crops, the consequences are even more serious, with many orangutans starving.

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It even exceeds the rate of deforestation due to oil palm production, at least in relative terms, in other parts of the world.

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Southeast Asia's tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations.

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Ultimately, however, coconuts occupy essentially the same acreage worldwide as oil palms.

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In Indonesian Borneo, or Kalimantan, oil palm plantations threaten durian diversity by leaving less room for diverse species of durian to be cultivated.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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