Japan - Palm oil may not be 'environmentally friendly' as commonly believed, researchers say

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Palm oil may not be 'environmentally friendly' as commonly believed, researchers say

Thirty years after tropical rain forests were cleared and replaced with oil palms, the amount of carbon being stored is 65 percent less than the original amount, a National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES) team has found......

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