Oil-palm trees, as they're called, are grown primarily in Indonesia and Malaysia, and that's where the problems begin. To create oil-palm farms, the two states have cleared millions of acres of tropical forest. In all of the 1980s, Indonesia cleared 674,000 acres, but by 2009 the total had reached 18 million.
Mercer County, Pennsylvania (PA) County population in 2014: 114,884 (56% urban, 44% rural); it was 120,293 in 2000. County owner-occupied with a mortgage or a loan houses and condos in 2010: 19,319. County owner-occupied free and clear houses and condos in 2010: 14,619. County owner-occupied houses and condos in 2000: 35,613.
Mercersburg is a borough in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, 73 miles (117 km) southwest of Harrisburg. Originally called Black Town, it was incorporated in 1831. In 1900, 956 people lived here, and in 1910, 1,410 people lived here. The population was 1,540 at the 2000 census. Mercersburg is located at 39Â°49â²46â³N 77Â°54â²7â³W / 39.82944Â°N 77.90194Â°W / 39.82944; -77.90194 (39.829388, -77.901952). According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough has a total area of 1.0 square miles (2.5 kmÂ²), all of it land.