Oil-Palm Plantations in the Context of Biodiversity Conservation

摘要: A native from western Africa, oil palm is one of the most rapidly expanding and cheap tropical plant species. It produces more per unit area than any other vegetable crop. Widespread planting has been at expense vegetation, notably including species-rich rain forests. Even though planted provides habitat to some species, species diversity in much lower forest even timber concessions plantations. Although oil-palm plantations have a negative impact on local biodiversity, their ultimate global depends considering impacts alternative crops with greater land requirements.