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Oil palm and balsa crops trigger deforestation in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon

Published on July 10, 2023

Facebook Twitter Google+ LinkedIn Oil palm and balsa crops trigger deforestation in the northern Ecuadorian Amazon by Ana Cristina Alvarado on July 5, 2023 Highways for the oil industry have facilitated logging for decades. Recent deforestation alerts show that this problem is still in force. In Vía Auca, one of the most deforested areas in the country, peasants […]

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