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Cameroon: the rush for palm oil

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Palm oil is big business in today’s global economy and Cameroon has it in abundance. Multinationals are lining up to cash in. But at what cost to Cameroon’s biodiversity? France 24 reports on a classic dilemma for a developing country.

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