Death Throes of a Great Rainforest - Ethnic Tamil woman slices into bark of rubber tree to tap its latex, Interior hills near Melaka, Malaysia. - Ethnic Tamil woman slices into bark of rubber tree to tap its latex, Interior hills near Melaka, Malaysia. The British introduced industrial plantations to the Malay Peninsula but the practice was greatly expanded, with its corresponding clear cutting of the primary forests, after independents. Now the lowland forests are all but gone on the...
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Death Throes of a Great Rainforest - Ethnic Tamil woman slices into bark of rubber tree to tap its latex, Interior hills near Melaka, Malaysia. - Ethnic Tamil woman slices into bark of rubber tree to tap its latex, Interior hills near Melaka, Malaysia. The British introduced industrial plantations to the Malay Peninsula but the practice was greatly expanded, with its corresponding clear cutting of the primary forests, after independents. Now the lowland forests are all but gone on the penninsula.
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