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[โ€“] I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org 4 points 11 months ago

Because they grow wild with just rainwater, no irrigation.

But as soon as it becomes a commercial crop, farmers will continue to remove other trees in order to plant and irrigate these nuts instead.

[โ€“] Restaldt@lemm.ee 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

"Key to protecting our rainforests" this is not.

Key to replacing rainforests with a monoculture of this tree because Capitalism seems more likely