oil palm

Some hang out under humongous oil palm trees.

Where forests are converted to plantations of oil palm or other crops, the consequences are even more serious, with many orangutans starving.

It even exceeds the rate of deforestation due to oil palm production, at least in relative terms, in other parts of the world.

Southeast Asia's tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations.

Ultimately, however, coconuts occupy essentially the same acreage worldwide as oil palms.