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Palm oil and other commodities imported into the US over the last two years have been linked to an area of tropical deforestation the size of Los Angeles.

An area of tropical forest the size of Los Angeles has been lost in just two years thanks to imports of palm oil, beef, coffee and other products flooding the US market, according to new research by provided by Trase to Global Witness.

Global Witness has endorsed the FOREST Act, which aims to prevent the import of commodities that cause deforestation from entering the US market.