Oil palm plantations’ dearth of biodiversity rubs off on nearby forests, study shows

Mongabay
Mar 19, 2018, 1:57 am140 pts
Frogs can survive in oil palm plantations, but at the cost of diversity of species — and the impact can radiate out deep into neighboring forest ecosystems, according to a new study. The report, published Feb. 8 in the journal Biological Conservation, found that oil palm plantations along the Kinabatangan…

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