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Sole elephant wanders through forest devastated by felling for palm oil


Get the biggest daily news stories by email Subscribe Thank you for subscribing We have more newsletters Show me See our privacy notice Could not subscribe, try again later Invalid EmailA sole elephant has been pictured wandering through a forest that has been devastated by felling to feed the palm oil demand. Home to the oldest jungles in the world, Malaysia and Indonesia produce 85-90% of world's oil palm. The picture shows the elephant wander through the trunks of felled old oil palm trees at Sabah Softwoods in Sabah, Borneo. The picture, taken at the end of March, comes as a new UN study outlined the damage being done to the natural world. Lorna Greenwood, spokeswoman for Extinction Rebellion which led the protests, said: "The natural world is collapsing because of how we live and we will go with it unless we act now.


Source: Daily Mirror May 09, 2019 18:32 UTC



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