Rubber trees for tire industry shrink China rainforests
XISHUANGBANNA, China (Reuters) - On a map on ecologist Liu Wenjie's computer, the subtropical southern tip of China's Yunnan province is slowly turning from green to red.<div class="feedflare">
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