Empty Sherpa van by seafront abandoned in parklands (7-6)

I believe the answer is:

savanna-forest

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'parklands' is the definition.
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'empty sherpa van by seafront abandoned' is the wordplay.
'empty' means to remove the middle letters.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'abandoned' indicates anagramming the letters (the original order is abandoned).
'sherpa' with its centre taken out is 'sa'.
'seafront' is an anagram of 'naforest'.
'sa'+'van'+'naforest'='SAVANNA-FOREST'

'in' acts as a link.

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