oil palm
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Southeast Asia's tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
The international research team established 52 tree islands of varying sizes and diversity of planted trees in a conventional industrial oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
In Indonesian Borneo, or Kalimantan, oil palm plantations threaten durian diversity by leaving less room for diverse species of durian to be cultivated.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024
In the 2010s there was gargantuan oil palm, timber and large-scale plantation expansion across Indonesia.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024
Some, including African rice, have remained virtually confined there; others, such as African yams, spread throughout other areas of sub-Saharan Africa; and two, the oil palm and kola nut, reached other continents.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
