oil plantation

collocation in English

meaningsofoilandplantation

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oil
noun
uk
/ɔɪl/us
/ɔɪl/
petroleum (= the black oil obtained from under the earth's surface from which ...
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plantation
noun[C]
uk
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/us
/plænˈteɪ.ʃən/
a large farm, especially in a hot part of the world, on which a particular type of crop ...
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(Definition ofoilandplantationfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most villagers areoilplantationowners, and mostlive in bungalows.
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There is a rising tide of opinion against the expansion of large-scale oil plantations.
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At the same time, it is still discussing, even today, the possibility of starting financing for programmes for palm oil plantations.
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We cannot even prevent the import into this country of illegally cropped wood, let alone stop the expansion of palm oil plantations.
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There are palm oil plantations in the reserve.
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Fonterra says it shares community concern about tropical deforestation, which in some cases has been driven by the establishment of palm oil plantations.
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One of the major drivers of deforestation was clearing the forest to grow palm oil plantations.
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They were levelled at a rate unparalleled in human history, burned, logged and cleared, and commonly replaced with agricultural land, or palm oil plantations.
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Firstly, palm oil plantations have removed large areas of the siamang's habitat in the last four decades.
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The destruction of the orangutan's habitat to make way for palm oil plantations and the illegal pet-trade threaten the lives of these great apes.
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Palm oil plantations are under increasing scrutiny for their effects on the environment, including loss of carbon-sequestering forest land.
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Furthermore, palm oil plantations are rapidly encroaching on the last remnants of primary rainforest.
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Its main income is from agricultural sources like palm oil plantations and maize.
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Palm oil plantations surround the reserve on three sides while the other side adjoins an intact dipterocarp forest.
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He later expanded his business into gold mining, coal mining, palm oil plantations, nickel mining and bauxite mining.
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From there, the group continued to diversify into palm oil plantations (1996), bauxite mining (2005), and nickel mining (2006).
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The global demand for palm oil is blamed for the loss of tropical hardwood forests which are being cleared for palm oil plantations.
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Demand for biofuel has led to clearing land for palm oil plantations.
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Many conflicts involve indigenous peoples' traditional cultures being uprooted by palm oil plantations, or logging or mining interests.
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