Oil palm plantations in Amazonia inhospitable to tropical forest biodiversity: Study

Mongabay
Jun 18, 2018, 5:42 pm203 pts
According to a study published in the journal PloS One late last year, the Brazilian Amazon has about 2.3 million square kilometers (nearly 900,000 square miles) of land suitable for oil palm cultivation, making it one of the largest areas in the world for potential expansion of the palm oil industry. That,…

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