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World Service,4 mins

Climate change hits Malaysia's tea growers

World Business Report

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Tea plantations in Malaysia鈥檚 Cameron Highlands region are struggling to deal with soil erosion, caused by the cutting down of forests and dry conditions from hot weather, which is blamed on global warming. Floods and landslides that damage the tea crop are becoming more regular. 91福利社 Business Reporter Katie Hile has visited the mountainous region to find out how the tea plantations in Malaysia are under threat from climate change. (Picture: Tea growing in the Cameron Highlands in Malaysia. Image captured by Katie Hile.)

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