plantations
Example Sentences
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"The peat is drained by extractive plantations, monoculture plantations, whether oil palm or pulpwood," Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner Belgis Habiba told AFP in Pontianak.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Oil palm plantations and other plantation forestry are also widespread in the region.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 6, 2026
Today, large-scale fires are often associated with the expansion of industrial plantations and other commercial land use.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, the islands depended first on sugar plantations and then the pineapple industry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
People in his time of widely scattered plantations and even more widely scattered hotels had a reputation for taking in strangers.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
