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However, according to the Tropical Peat Research Laboratory, at least one measurement has shown that oil palm plantations are carbon sinks because oil palms convert carbon dioxide into oxygen just as other trees do, [71] and, as reported in Malaysia's Second National Communication to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change ...
A 2021 study estimated that 81% of forest conversion for palm oil in Indonesia was illegal, and that Indonesia's Supreme Audit Agency determined that less than 20% of the nation's palm oil operations complied with national laws and regulations. [28] Malaysia is the key transit country for illegal wood products from Indonesia. [29]
The deforestation continued through the 2000s at a slower pace, alongside the expansion of palm oil plantations. Half of the annual global tropical timber procurement is from Borneo. Palm oil plantations are rapidly encroaching on the last remnants of primary rainforest. Much of the forest clearance is illegal.
Species endangered by oil palm plantations. Pages in category "Species that are or were threatened by oil palm plantations" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
But oil palm plantations are the opposite. Studies have shown that oil palm plantations have less than 1% of the plant diversity seen in natural forests, and 47–90% less mammal diversity. [109] This is not because of the oil palm itself, but rather because the oil palm is the only habitat provided in the plantations.
Oil and gas producers must confront a “pivotal” choice: continue to accelerate the climate crisis or become part of the solution, the International Energy Agency said in a report Thursday.
At the first Republican presidential debate, candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said "more people are dying of bad climate change policies than they are of actual climate change.” We were skeptical of ...
Elaeis guineensis is a species of palm commonly just called oil palm but also sometimes African oil palm or macaw-fat. [3] The first Western person to describe it and bring back seeds was the French naturalist Michel Adanson .