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Borneo Threatened by Green Gold Rush

New ideas on conservation needed with island's biodiversity under attack

By Michael Roston,  Newser User

Posted Oct 27, 2008 1:16 PM CDT

(Newser) – Borneo, the Texas-sized island whose rain forests are astonishingly rich in biodiversity, has been plundered for its other riches—everything from rhino horns to coal to oil—for centuries. Now, with the market for palm oil, dubbed green gold, booming, oil-palm plantations threaten the remaining...   Read full story »

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