Plantations can produce more palm oil if they keep riverbanks forested

Mongabay
Sep 10, 2018, 12:46 pm95 pts
Oil palm plantations are the biggest source of agriculture-related deforestation in Southeast Asia. Researchers estimate that at least 95,000 square kilometers of land have been converted to oil palm plantations in Malaysia and Indonesia since 1990, with Indonesia incentivized to double its palm oil production…

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