Science news articles about 'palm oil plantations'

One of the biggest populations of wild orangutans on Borneo will be extinct in three years without drastic measures to stop the expansion of palm oil plantations, conservationists said Wednesday.

A major international study says palm oil plantations reduce plant and animal diversity, and do little to reduce carbon emissions.

Cinta, a baby orangutan found lost and alone in a vast Borneo palm oil plantation, now clings to a tree at a sanctuary for the great apes, staring intently at dozens of tourists.

... degraded by illegal logging, mining, encroachment by palm oil plantations and fires due to a general lack of ... share of 80.5 percent. Rapid expansion of the palm oil industry coupled with poor land-use ...

... very little can be done to make palm oil plantations more hospitable for local birds and butterflies. ... region's biodiversity. Unless future expansion of oil palm agriculture is regulated, rising global ...

Palm oil plantations are encroaching on rain forest reserves on the Indonesia island of Borneo, where the ... appetite for climate-friendly fuel and cooking oil that doesn't clog arteries, the Bornean ...

Palm oil plantations are encroaching on rain forest reserves on the Indonesia island of Borneo, where the ... appetite for climate-friendly fuel and cooking oil that doesn't clog arteries, the Bornean ...

Including carbon emissions from tropical deforestation in a future international climate regime will not suffice to protect the world's remaining tropical forests from expanding palm oil plantations.

The rescue of an orangutan in Indonesia underscores threats posed by the expansion of palm oil plantations. Orangutans could be extinct in parts of Borneo within two years, experts say. Video.

... for the billions of tons of carbon that are locked in Indonesia's tropical rain forests could be as profitable as converting these areas into palm oil plantations, a study released Friday found....

... for the billions of tons of carbon that are locked in Indonesia's tropical rain forests could be as profitable as converting these areas into palm oil plantations, a study released Friday found.