Under maranhao state law, it is illegal to cut down babassu palm trees.

maranhao州法律规定，砍伐巴巴苏棕榈树是违法行为。

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However, the bioenergy boom could change things, with new and powerful actors fighting over babassu palm trees.

尽管如此，在新的强有力的人物为棕榈树斗争下，生物能源爆炸将对事情有所改变。

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Babassu palm trees grow on 185,000 square km of land in four Brazilian states, an area equivalent to half of the territory of Japan.

巴巴苏棕榈树生长于巴西的四个省，生长面积达到185000平方千米，相当于日本国土面积的一半。

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For example, the Amazon pupunha-a is a fruit that can yield twice as much starch as Iowa corn, and the Amazonian babassu palm gives the world's highest yield of vegetable oil.

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