plantations

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

"He'd taken names of genuine plantations but no-one involved in the actual plantations had heard they were selling to The Balmoral and that's because none of them had produced any tea from their plants."

Scientific organizations also initiated studies within Vietnam during the war, finding widespread destruction of mangroves, economic losses of rubber and timber plantations, and harm to lakes and waterways.

Malaysia, with sprawling rubber plantations and the world's largest medical rubber glove maker, has nearly half the world's market for rubber gloves.

The area is known for its coffee plantations and beautiful landscapes and is popular with both national and international tourists.