On the environmental side, it notes that demand for biofuels has accelerated the clearing of primary forest for palm plantations, particularly in southeast Asia.

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We stole down some of the San Juan's narrowest veins, where the river felt more like a flooded forest and palm fronds hung low over their reflections.

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In Indonesia this would mean putting palm-oil plantations not on forest land but on degraded land, of which it has perhaps 40m hectares available.

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To encourage this shift, they issued a raft of incentives for forest conservation, such as tax breaks for non-timber forest products like rubber, palm hearts and nuts.

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Nolan then forced the outstanding Forest goalkeeper into another fine save, the Forest captain diving to his right to palm away a vicious volley.

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His best line came in answer to a question from a Thai attendee who wanted to know why Malaysia could grow palm trees rich with luxury palm oil while the same effort in Thailand produced forest fires.

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He also has a 700, 000-hectare forest concession in Kalimantan, where he wants to plant palm sugar, and other landholdings in Papua.

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