oil palm
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The international research team established 52 tree islands of varying sizes and diversity of planted trees in a conventional industrial oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia.
From Science Daily • Nov. 18, 2024
In Indonesian Borneo, or Kalimantan, oil palm plantations threaten durian diversity by leaving less room for diverse species of durian to be cultivated.
From Salon • Jul. 22, 2024
In the 2010s there was gargantuan oil palm, timber and large-scale plantation expansion across Indonesia.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 28, 2024
But the most devastating losses have come with the conversion of forest to agriculture, including oil palm farms, which yield a substance widely used in packaged foods and other products.
From National Geographic • Jan. 23, 2024
One day I was sitting on the ground while they fed on palm nuts high up in the branches of an oil palm tree.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
