Palm Oil has encouraged huge destruction of habitat


	Palm Oil has encouraged huge destruction of habitat

bs1999bs

5-2-2008 2:29 AM

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bs1999bs says:

We must collectively fight the conversion of our precious rainforests into Palm Oil plantations - it is a disaster!

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