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Where the Earth’s Forests Are Deadly Silent

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Borneo is ground zero for the destruction of the earth’s rain forest in order to fuel the West’s palm-oil dependence—a place where birds no longer sing and orangutans are homeless.

Alex Shoumatoff
Alex Shoumatoff
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Alex Shoumatoff

Alex Shoumatoff

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