Synergies for improving oil palm production and forest conservation in floodplain landscapes.

Lowland tropical forests are increasingly threatened with conversion to oil palm as global demand and high profit drives crop expansion throughout the world's tropical regions. Yet, landscapes are not homogeneous and regional constraints dictate land suitability for this crop. We conducted a re...

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Main Authors: Nicola K Abram, Panteleimon Xofis, Joseph Tzanopoulos, Douglas C MacMillan, Marc Ancrenaz, Robin Chung, Lucy Peter, Robert Ong, Isabelle Lackman, Benoit Goossens, Laurentius Ambu, Andrew T Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4041647?pdf=render