oil palm
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"The peat is drained by extractive plantations, monoculture plantations, whether oil palm or pulpwood," Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner Belgis Habiba told AFP in Pontianak.
From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026
Drained peatlands, industrial timber estates and oil palm plantations can leave landscapes more vulnerable to burning, with fires often recurring in the same areas.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
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
One day I was sitting on the ground while they fed on palm nuts high up in the branches of an oil palm tree.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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