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The Downside to Biofuels (3 of 4)

Caption: Palm seedling in a burned peatland rainforest in Riau, Indonesia. This image relates to an article that appeared in the Feb. 8, 2008 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Joe Fargione and colleagues at The Nature Conservancy in Minneapolis, Minn., was titled "Land Clearing and the Biofuel Carbon Debt."

Credit: Image courtesy of Wetlands International

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