Sentences with phrase «in oil palm»

An interdisciplinary team of scientists from the University of Göttingen, the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig and Bogor Agricultural University in Indonesia has now performed a complete and multidisciplinary assessment of all ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations as compared to lowland forests.

We expected to see a gradient from least affected in the selectively logged areas, to heavily impacted for the streams in oil palm plantations.

«Reduced ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations: Scientists assess environmental effects of forest conversion.»

However, in none the streams sampled in oil palm areas in this study, did the presence of a 30 metre riparian zone reduce the damage to fish biodiversity.

Frogs can survive in oil palm plantations, but at the cost of diversity of species — and the impact can radiate out deep into neighboring forest ecosystems, according to a...

Left column: land use prior to the establishment of new oil palm plantations (in the lower left corner is the total annual increase in oil palm plantations).

«In preparation for the investment we are going to do in oil palm, last month cabinet passed the oil palm regulatory board [bill] to be put before parliament in October.

Nevertheless, forest conversions should be avoided by all means when it comes to peatland, which is especially prevalent in oil palm - growing regions.

While the provision of food and raw materials increased due to the production of marketable goods — mostly palm oil -, all other functions showed a net decrease in oil palm plantations as compared to lowland forests.

Rajanaidu Nookiah, a plant breeder at the MPOB, spent more than 30 years travelling the world to understand natural variation in oil palm.

«Our findings show that products bearing the RSPO label are less likely to contain palm oil produced on recently deforested lands, so by purchasing certified palm oil, you are supporting a reduction in deforestation, as well as increased transparency in the oil palm industry,» explained co-author David Burns of the National Wildlife Federation.

MPOB is focused on improving production efficiency and the quality of palm oil - derived products, optimizing land use in oil palm areas and finding new uses for palm oil derivatives.

They will take the money from the logs [to use for] their investment in oil palm.

Substantial N2O emissions from peat decomposition and N fertilization in an oil palm plantation exacerbated by hotspots

Given the area reportedly planted in oil palm and pulp, the gap could easily be met by this «conversion timber.»

A number of elephants were killed in oil palm plantations in Sumatra, while South Africa reporting a new record in rhino killing.

«These differences in richness and changes to community composition in oil palm plantations compared to forest habitats are underpinned by marked differences in both habitat structure and microclimate characteristics,» the researchers wrote, noting that the plantations, for instance, lacked a suitable environment for amphibian reproduction, foraging and shelter.

«These new findings suggest that in order for small forest patches or narrow corridors to be of long - term conservation value in oil palm landscapes, their sizes and widths need to adequately account for the considerable influence of edge effects,» Benoît Goossens, director of the Danau Girang Field Centre in Sabah, who was involved in the study, said in a statement.

Frogs can survive in oil palm plantations, but at the cost of diversity of species — and the impact can radiate out deep into neighboring forest ecosystems, according to a new study.

So, if we compare carbon stocks in the biomass between a natural forest and oil palm plantation, the carbon stored in the oil palm plantation is much lower (182 / tons in pristine forest vs. 24 tons / ha just in the aboveground biomass; see Hergoualc» h and Verchot 2011, Global Biogeochemical Cycles) as is productivity.

«We expected to see a gradient from least affected in the selectively logged areas, to heavily impacted for the streams in oil palm plantations.

They found that in oil palm plantations, eleven out of 14 ecosystem functions showed a net decrease, some with an irreversible global impact.

For example, there are nearly 80 mammal species in Malaysia's primary forests, just over 30 in disturbed forests, and only 11 or 12 in oil palm plantations.2 A similar loss in diversity occurs for insects, birds, reptiles, and most important of all, for soil microorganisms.