plantation

Example Sentences

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Whether the Koru's deck is also illegal Myanmar teak – or comes from legal plantations elsewhere – is under investigation in Germany, where the first importer of the deck's wood appears to have been based.

From BBC

Spliced into these stories, and to some extent giving the novel its structure, is the cautionary tale of Ford’s failed rubber plantation in Brazil.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Yes, sugar is the sweetness that comes from Cuba, but she also wanted to remind us of the bitterness felt by Afro-Cubans who were enslaved on the sugarcane plantations.”

From Literature

Maintaining production volume still depends on expanding plantations.

From Barron's

Outside of protected areas, palm oil plantations are a major source of deforestation.

From Barron's