priority birds (average three-fold higher than oil palm). Oil palm had a 200-fold lower abundance of priority birds than contiguous forests. They therefore argue that money and effort currently spent on attempting to make plantations ‘wildlife-friendly’ would be better directed at maximizing production in
H. whereas fires in Indonesia are typically the result of the clearing of land for palm oil plantations and other agricultural uses; whereas 52 % of fires in Indonesia in 2015 occurred in carbon-rich peatlands, turning the country into one of the largest contributors to global warming on Earth (4);
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PDF Influences upon palm oil production costs. Influences upon palm oil production costs ... Trends in palm oil yields per hectare . 25/09/15 ©LMC International, 2015 4 ... meal, which are much more important per tonne of oil than oil palm's credits from the sale of palm kernel.
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Introduction. Lowland tropical forest ecosystems contain some of the highest levels of species endemism and biological diversity globally , .However, tropical lowland forests are under increasing risk of conversion to oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) which drives biodiversity loss and compromises forest functioning and maintenance of vital ecosystem services , , .
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Land use change from rainforests to oil palm plantations and food gardens in Papua New Guinea: Effects on soil properties and S fractions
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Oil palm plantings are separated into three separate zones, which are 2.5 to 9.3 km apart, partitioned by other oil palm plantations between the western and eastern blocks and by plantation forestry between the two eastern blocks (Figure 1).
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What is the future for oil palm as a global crop? Summary The African oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is the major global vegetable oil crop. Palm oil is consumed daily by over two billion people and can be found in about half of all products on sale in a typical supermarket.
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O. whereas the heavy use of palm oil is primarily due to its low cost, which is made possible by the increase in the number of oil palm plantations in deforested areas; whereas, in addition, the use of palm oil in the food industry is in keeping with a model of mass, unsustainable production and consumption, which runs counter to the use and ...
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The transpiration estimate derived from sap flux measurements for the same oil palm plantation (2.5 mm day-1) was the highest among the five oil palm plantations assessed in this study, and also among 15 different oil palm plantations of varying age in the greater study region (Röll et al. 2015).
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This is a well‐researched ecosystem function for oil palm plantations and our database only reflects a fraction of the research on this topic because the scope of our study only included local production (i.e. direct products from the plantation and not downstream production).
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These impacts have led to calls for management strategies that reduce the negative effects of oil palm plantations on soil biodiversity and related ecosystem functions (Ashton‐Butt et al. 2025). However, knowledge of soil biota and their contributions to ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations is poor.
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By contrast, soil fertility did not change between treatments, perhaps indicating there is little competition between oil palms and understory vegetation. The reduction of herbicide use should be encouraged in oil palm plantations, this will not only reduce plantation costs, but improve soil biodiversity and ecosystem
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An interdisciplinary team of scientists from Germany and Indonesia assessed the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations as compared to lowland forests. They found that in oil palm plantations, eleven out of 14 ecosystem functions showed a net decrease, some with an irreversible global impact.
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The only ecosystem function which increases in oil palm plantations is, unsurprisingly, the production of marketable goods. Our review highlights numerous research gaps. In particular, there are significant gaps with respect to socio-cultural information functions. Further, there is a need for more empirical data on the importance of spatial
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2016-08-15· Helmholtz Centre For Environmental Research UFZ. "Reduced ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations: Scientists assess environmental effects of forest conversion." ScienceDaily. www
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The subject property is mature, ongoing oil palm plantation. It is for sale with an oil mill. Information shall be provided to buyers only. Kuala Krai Kelantan Code 559: 1,900 acres Freehold RM8,700 per acre (ono) (Withdrawn) The land is very near to Pahi, Kuala Krai, Kelantan. About 250 acres are planted with 2-years old oil palm and another
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Across all projects, we are measuring environmental conditions, biodiversity, and ecosystem functions. We also measure oil palm yield and production costs, in order to assess whether suggested sustainability strategies are feasible from an agronomic perspective. Early results show that oil palm plantation habitat is more variable than might be
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mately derives from ecosystem functions, such as food production or the regulation of water, disturbance events, and erosion (Costanza et al., 1997; Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, 2005). The assumption that total conversion of natural floodplain forest to oil palm monoculture will maximize plantation profitability
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Here, for the first time, we manipulated ant and flying vertebrate (birds and bats) access to oil palms in six smallholder plantations in Sumatra (Indonesia) and measured effects on arthropod communities, related ecosystem functions (herbivory, predation, decomposition and pollination) and crop yield. Arthropod predators increased in response
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Palm plantations should therefore only be established on ready-converted landscapes, they said. The study is one of the first definitive pieces of research into the impact of palm oil cultivation replacing large areas of lowland tropical forest with plantations.. It brings together around 1,000 scientific studies and reports to assess the damage to 14 ecosystem functions including gas and
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Tropical forests are being rapidly altered by logging and cleared for agriculture. Understanding the effects of these land use changes on soil bacteria, which constitute a large proportion of total biodiversity and perform important ecosystem functions, is a major conservation frontier. Here we studied the effects of logging history and forest conversion to oil palm plantations in Sabah
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A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system Article (PDF Available) in Biological Reviews 1(3):0-0 · August 2016 with 1,250 Reads
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Crop residue management in oil palm plantations: soil quality, soil biota and ecosystem functions. Abstract: The application of crop residues is one of the most common agricultural practices used to maintain soil ecosystems and crop productivity. This thesis focuses on the oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) agroecosystem, an important tropical crop that has expanded rapidly over the past four
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2025-09-18· The oil palms that developers plant in the scorched earth also fail to serve any of the ecosystem functions that the original palm oil plantations were responsible for almost 60% of all
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Oil palm monoculture system sustains limited arthropod biodiversity. • Alley-cropping can promote biodiversity, ecosystem services and food security. • Arthropod biodiversity was greater in alley-cropping plots than monoculture plots. • Alley-cropping can enhance biodiversity and ecosystem processes within plantations.
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bats) and ant exclosures in young, productive oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia. We comprehensively assess the influence of ants, birds and bats on arthropod communities and associated ecosystem functions and services, including herbivory, prédation, pollination (using pollinators as a proxy), decomposition, and oil palm yield. This
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2011-11-27· The conversion of natural forest to oil palm plantation is a major current threat to the conservation of biodiversity in South East Asia. Most animal taxa decrease in both species richness and abundance on conversion of forest to oil palm, and there is usually a severe loss of forest species.
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Main Text. The area of primary rainforest converted into oil palm plantations has dramatically increased over the past decades. Today, oil palm plantations cover 18.7 million hectares of land worldwide .Malaysia is ranked among the world’s leading palm oil producers, reaching an annual production of approximately 19.5 million tons (30% of world production).
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2013-09-11· Does production of oil palm, soybean, or jatropha change biodiversity and ecosystem functions in tropical forests? Secondary questions. Is there a difference in the impact on biodiversity between industrial plantations and smallholder plantations per volume of fuel produced?
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Focusing on forest conversion to oil palm plantations, the relative abundance of group 5 was lower in oil palm plantations than in logged forests, and that of group 1-unclassified, group 2, and group 3 was lower in oil palm plantations than in primary forest (Table 1;
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The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations throughout Southeast Asia due to increasing global food demand has knock-on effects for the environment. Rainforests may be cleared resulting in major losses of soil structure, fertility and biodiversity. In the soil, many creatures are important for ecosystem functions: making nutrients available
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They found that in oil palm plantations, eleven out of 14 ecosystem functions showed a net decrease, some with an irreversible global impact. The results also reveal mitigation options that can reduce damage and benefit multiple ecosystem functions simultaneously. The study was published in Biological Reviews.
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Oil palm cultivation had the most negative impact on ecosystem C storage mostly because of the shorter rotation time of oil palm plantations as
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2017-11-13· Along with collaborators from the Sinar Mas Agro Resources and Technology Research Institute (SMARTRI) in Sumatra, Indonesia, researchers from the BEFTA Programme are establishing a large scale, long term experimental project to test different strategies for riparian restoration in oil palm plantations: the Riparian Ecosystem Restoration in
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ECOLOGICAL IMPACTS OF PALM OIL EXPANSION IN INDONESIA Given that global land area for agriculture is limited (Tilman et al., 2001), the rapid expansion of the oil palm industry comes at the expense of other cropland, secondary forest, and native tropical forest. Most (96%) of palm oil production occurs on the island
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Ecosystem functions are the capacity of an ecosystem to provide ecosystem services, or benefits to humans. We contrast the ecosystem functions of oil palm plantations relative to that of native forest. The review summarizes data for the ecosystem functions listed in de Groot et al. 2002, with updates based on de Groot et al. 2010.
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Reduced ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations Scientists assess environmental effects of forest conversion. Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research UFZ
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2020-03-29· Palm oil is literally everywhere in our foods, cosmetics, cleaning products and fuels. It’s a source of huge profits for multinational corporations, while at the same time destroying the livelihoods of smallholders. Displacement of indigenous peoples, deforestation and loss of biodiversity are all consequences of our palm oil consumption.
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