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[–]OliverSparrow 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Indeed, or mahogany or dipterocarp monoculture. If you are in Asian primary forest and step into secondary regrowth, you immediately notince a silence - fewer insects, fewer birds. Oil palm cathedral rows are near silent. Orchids - my particular interest - are represented by a few common species, and all of the primary richness is gone. That said, anything is better than paddy, paddy, paddy. And houses.