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      <title>Could This Tree Be An Eco-Friendly Way To Wean Indonesian Farmers Off Palm Oil?</title>
      <description>Palm oil plantations have led to widespread deforestation in Indonesia. But now some farmers are turning to a different crop — damar, a kind of anti-palm oil, grown in forest-based farms.</description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Oct 2019 17:06:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <link>https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2019/10/19/771410815/could-this-tree-be-an-eco-friendly-way-to-wean-indonesian-farmers-off-palm-oil</link>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<img src='https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2019/10/18/woman_in_tree-1_custom-42da2f01032a642bff2069f598970e459be278b2.jpg' alt='In the forests near the southern Sumatran village of Krui, 48-year-old Marhana climbs up the trees to harvest damar, a resin used in paints and varnishes. These damar trees are part of something called an "agroforest," which experts see as a way to prevent deforestation and conversion of forests into palm oil plantations.'/><p>Palm oil plantations have led to widespread deforestation in Indonesia. But now some farmers are turning to a different crop — damar, a kind of anti-palm oil, grown in forest-based farms.</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=771410815' />]]></content:encoded>
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