Synopsis
David Attenborough discusses palm oil plantations in Borneo.
- Programme: Seven Worlds, One Planet
- Series: 1
- Episode: 02: Asia
- Channel: BBC One
- Broadcast year: 2019
- English Literature | Ecosystems | Tropical rainforest biomes | Deforestation of the rainforest
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