Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation
Overall, we found only a few small areas where oil palm could be cultivated in Africa with a low impact on primates (3.3 Mha, including all areas suitable for oil palm). These results
Oil palms and primates can hardly co-exist in Africa. that a substantial portion of such expansion will take place in Africa, which has, to date, played a minor role in the large-scale palm oil industry, and that might
PNASSmall room for compromise between oil palm cultivation
The choice of focusing on African primates stems from several aspects. First, primates are a conservation priority. Populations of many primate species are declining due to
Giovanni Strona, Simon D. Stringer, Ghislain Vieilledent, Zoltan Szantoi, John Garcia-Ulloa, Serge A. Wich. Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate
ConservationBytesPrimate woes where the oil palm grows
Results show that there is small room for compromise. In fact, potential areas of compromise are rare across the whole African continent, covering a total extent of 0.13 Mha of land highly suited to oil palm cultivation where primate
Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 115(35), pp.8811-8816. Read the full
Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation
(A) Cumulative primate vulnerability and (B) oil palm suitability mapped at 10 10-km resolution. Cumulative primate vulnerability was obtained by converting IUCN threatened status of each
Despite growing awareness about its detrimental effects on tropical biodiversity, land conversion to oil palm continues to increase rapidly as a consequence of global demand,
PNASSmall room for compromise between oil palm cultivation
SignificanceAlthough oil palm cultivation represents an important source of income for many tropical countries, its future expansion is a primary threat to tropical forests and biodiversity. Despite
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PNASSmall room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate
SignificanceAlthough oil palm cultivation represents an important source of income for many tropical countries, its future expansion is a primary threat to tropical forests and biodiversity. In thi...
ECOLOGY SUSTAINABILITY SCIENCE Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa Giovanni Stronaa,1,2, Simon D. Stringerb,1, Ghislain
ANIMAL PEOPLE FORUMStudy finds African oil palm cultivation at odds with primate
The authors conclude that "Reconciling future oil palm development and primate conservation in Africa will be very challenging," especially if palm oil demand skyrockets, as it is
All the raw input data needed to replicate the analyses from the paper: Strona G., S. D. Stringer, G. Vieilledent, Z. Szantoi, J. Garcia-Ulloa, S. Wich. S...
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Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa Giovanni Stronaa,1,2, Simon D. Stringerb,1, We also quanti铿乪d the potential impact of large-scale oil
Small room for compromise between oil palm cultivation and primate conservation in Africa Giovanni Strona a,1,2,Simon D. Stringer b,1,Ghislain Vieilledent a,c,d,Zoltan Szantoi a,e,John
