Explore Search About E360 An area of forest in Indonesia that was cleared to make way for an oil palm plantation. CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP/Getty Images A growing body of scientific evidence shows that the felling of tropical forests creates optimal conditions for the spread of mosquito-borne scourges, including malaria and dengue. Primates and other animals are also spreading disease from cleared fo
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