GBEPE/C.19/2007/CRP.6 7 May 2007 English only Oil Palm
May 7, 2007industrial tree plantations. 1 2. The areas that are converted into monocropping industrial plantations are forests and it is inevitable that these two issues are also addressed in
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- Do oil palms need a monoculture?
- The common views shared by oil palm farmers and companies is that the crop needs to be cultivated as a monoculture — row upon row of nothing but oil palms — in order to maximize yields. This is due to the belief that other species growing among the oil palms will compete for light and nutrients.
- Are oil palm plantations growing in Malaysia & Indonesia?
- From 2001 to 2016, the expansion of oil palm plantations was particularly marked in this region with a 2.5-fold increase in Malaysia and a 4.2-fold increase in Indonesia (Xu et al. 2020).
- How does palm oil affect global trade?
- In terms of global trade, palm oils from commercial plantations are by far the most important contributors. In some cases, the larger plantation companies also own or control many key downstream elements in palm oil supply chains.
- Are smallholder oil palm plantations sustainable?
- Slingerland co-authored a recent research paper published by Tropenbos International, a Dutch consultancy focused on sustainable forestry, that looked at smallholder oil palm plantations in Uganda. It found no negative effects on the growth of oil palms or intercrops in the first four to five years of life of the plantations.
- What is the global distribution of palm oil plantations?
- A recent study shows the global distribution of smallholder and industrial plantations at high resolution (Descals et al. 2020). Smallholders account for 30 to 40% of global land palm oil cultivation (Hambloch 2018; Euler et al. 2016).
- Can oil palm plantation growers save money?
- Oil palm plantation growers can save 25-50% of weeding costs and increase the production of fresh palm fruit yield by 16.7% under such a system, research has shown. Silvopasture has also been found to mitigate forest fires in Spain, with sheep and cattle grazing the brush that often ignites during dry times.
