He says deforestation is often undertaken by wealthy ranchers and plantation owners and poor households can carve productive farmlands out of the forest.

他说，森林砍伐通常由富有的农场主和人工林所有者进行，而贫困农户只能在林区中开辟肥沃的农田。

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But Museveni has said jobs created by the plantation would outweigh losses caused by the clearing of forest land.

但是穆塞韦尼说了，种植园创造的就业将多于清除森林带来的损失。

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To them, the Indian-owned Mehta Group's effort to convert about one-fourth of the Mabira Forest into a sugar plantation is a case in point.

对他们来说，印度Mehta集团试图将4分之1的马比拉森林转变为蔗糖种植园就刚好是个例证。

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At Laggan near Newtonmore, efforts were made to prevent a major fire re-igniting a forest plantation badly damaged on Thursday night.

BBC: Helicopters tackle forest fires

But a development company owned by Malaysians claims it has a valid lease and permits to clear-cut the forest, and establish the plantation.

CNN: Rainforest tribe takes battle with developers to court

Liberal Democrat peer and chairman of the Red Squirrel Protection Partnership Lord Redesdale announced that he was willing to lead a "community-based bid" to acquire Kielder Forest, the largest plantation in England.

BBC: Public forests must not be sold, say advisers