在印尼,作为食用油和生物柴油的一个高产来源,大面积种植油棕榈树成为了当地人砍伐森林的一个主要原因。
In Indonesia, oil palm, a productive source of cooking oil and biodiesel, offers the biggest reason to clear.
方法之一就是鼓励开发未失水泥炭的沼泽地,比如,改种喜温的橡胶树而不种油棕榈树,因为橡胶树需要干土生长。
One approach might be to encourage uses of marshland that do not desiccate the peat—for example, growing moisture-loving rubber trees rather than oil palms, which need dry soils.
在1990年至2005年间,印尼在超过300万公顷的土地上种植了油棕榈树,其中过半位于新近清空的土地上。
Between 1990 and 2005 Indonesia planted over 3m hectares with oil palms, over half of it on freshly cleared land.
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