Environmental groups within RSPO tried to mandate that
future oil palm expansion can only occur on land with net carbon storage lower than oil palm (less than 40 tons of carbon per hectare averaged over the 25 - 30 year lifespan of an plantation).
Not exact matches
The second was a scenario modeled for a
future of increased
expansion of industrial farms growing crops like
oil palm, a product that is blamed for significant forest losses in other nations like Indonesia.
However, given the potential
future expansion of
oil palm plantations and other land developments onto selectively logged lands, the fate of much of Southeast Asia's biodiversity may ultimately hinge on whether the conservation community can overcome the opportunity cost of
oil palm or can encourage the implementation of large - scale landscape planning in order to reliably protect areas critical for biodiversity.