oil palm
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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
They analysed organisms ranging from microscopic mites and earthworms in the soil, to beetles and birds in tree canopies, comparing tropical rainforest with rubber and oil palm plantations in Sumatra, Indonesia.
From Science Daily • Feb. 21, 2024
Habitat loss due to land clearance for oil palm plantations and agriculture, as well as climate change, are major threats.
From National Geographic • Feb. 5, 2024
Those crops prove to be ones like West African yams, oil palm, and kola nut—plants that were already believed on botanical and other evidence to be native to West Africa and first domesticated there.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
