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epa05861064 An aerial picture shows a new palm oil plantation at the edge of the Lauser National Park Forest, Aceh, Indonesia, 21 March 2017. Leuser National Park is one of the largest national parks in Indonesia, with diverse biodiversity and is one of the forest recognized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) as a world heritage site. Now this forest is under threat from massive illegal logging and land clearing for palm oil plantations. Indonesia is the world's largest producer of palm oil, made from the pulp of the palm fruit, followed closely by Malaysia. Palm plantations have been built on land from destroyed tropical rainforest, causing the death and displacements of many species, among them the critically endangered orangutan, rhino, Sumateran tiger and Sumateran elephant. EPA/HOTLI SIMANJUNTAK