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The Cool Down on MSNResearch uncovers massive impact of 'abandoned and overgrown' plantations: 'Used to be essential'"With the growing climate threats facing Pacific atolls, it's critical to figure out where these abandoned plantations are using up critical land and water resources, and where there may be ...
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Mongabay on MSNOver half of Pacific atoll forests are coconut palm plantations — StudyBy Kristine Sabillo More than half of the tree cover in Pacific atolls is largely composed of “abandoned and overgrown” colonial-era coconut palm plantations, reveal satellite images in a study ...
Move a few miles in either direction and one will encounter few native coconut trees, and even fewer thriving ones. The tree grows along coastlines with heavy rainfall, because it needs 100 to 150 ...
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