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[–] ccunning@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Nearly all agriculture clears wild land and replaces it with monoculture.

[–] paraphrand@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Yup. And it increases as demand increases. Palm oil has seen a surge in use, replacing other things, over the last few decades. This is due to trans fats being phased out. So we traded one major problem for another.