| 单词 | oil palm |
| 例句 | Those crops prove to be ones like West African yams, oil palm, and kola nut—plants that were already believed on botanical and other evidence to be native to West Africa and first domesticated there. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Under the surviving oil palms we grow maize, yams, and soybeans, and raise pigs. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Along the Selangor River in Malaysia, it’s the replacement of native mangrove swamps with oil palm plantations or shrimp farms. Humans love fireflies, but we haven’t made life easy for them 2016-07-05T04:00:00Z Equally upsetting is the loss of rain forests, showcased through the stark cutoff between flourishing vegetation and uniform rows of oil palms planted for profit. ‘David Attenborough: A Life on Our Planet’ Review: Ruin and Regrowth 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z There, with creative collaborator Cynthia Cynn, he set about enabling a group of oil palm plantation workers to make a documentary. Joshua Oppenheimer: why I returned to Indonesia’s killing fields 2015-06-07T04:00:00Z To make ogogoro, the oil palm or raffia palm tree needs to be tapped for its sap which is left to naturally ferment and then distilled. The delicious, diverse world of spirits from the African continent 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z He was arrested on falsified grounds: planning to burn oil palm trees, of which he was later acquitted. Environmental defenders—often fighting agribusiness—are being violently silenced around the world 2019-08-31T04:00:00Z A picture of the oil palm graces the Malaysian 50 ringgit bill. Birder, scuba diver — or both? This biodiverse destination offers the best of both worlds 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z Their dwindling habitat now faces a new threat: palm oil, or oil palm – depending, I suppose, on whether you're talking about the tree or the commodity – is replacing rainforest at an incredible rate. Last night's TV 2013-03-28T07:00:00Z The oil palm industry is often cited as environmentally detrimental, and a large contributor to deforestation. The Canadian butter crisis, explained 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z Orangutans on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra are disappearing because people are taking over their habitat, cutting down tropical rain forests to plant a type of tree called the oil palm. National Zoo’s Redd is a furry ambassador for endangered orangutans 2016-10-11T04:00:00Z The results are important for strategies to reduce the negative impact of N2O emissions from oil palm cultivation by selecting appropriate locations and improving plantation management. Understanding greenhouse gases in oil palm plantations 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z The huge demand has led to significant deforestation in areas where oil palm trees can grow near the equator. 'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Indonesia and Malaysia managed to keep forest loss near a record low, continuing a multiyear streak of stamping down deforestation driven by oil palm plantations. Tropical forest losses rise in 2022 despite pledge to end them 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z In both countries, oil palm corporations also appear to be taking action, with some 83% of palm oil refining capacity now operating under no deforestation, no peatland and no exploitation commitments. Climate change: World way off target to end deforestation 2023-06-27T04:00:00Z Photo E shows rolling hills covered with homogenous short, bushy oil palm trees. Fundamentals of Biology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z During recent decades, rising global demand for cheap oils and fats has promoted the expansion of oil palm plantations in tropical regions. Understanding greenhouse gases in oil palm plantations 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Palm oil comes from the fruit of the African oil palm. 'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Certainly, by 3000 BCE, the Niger-Congo peoples of West Africa were actively clearing land with stone tools to plant crops such as yams, the oil palm, peas, and groundnuts. World History: to 1500 2023-04-19T00:00:00Z Macaques bash open oil palm nuts by placing them on a flat stone and striking their shell with another stone. What Stone-Wielding Macaques Can Tell Us about Early Human Tool Use 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z The widely-documented problem with this usage is that this demand for palm oil has led to significant deforestation in areas where oil palm trees can grow - low-lying, hot, wet areas near the equator. Lab-grown alternatives aim to cut palm oil dependence 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z The study also shows that conventional measurement approaches that do not take into account how N2O is transported within individual oil palms risk underestimating N2O emissions from oil palm cultivation by 49%. Understanding greenhouse gases in oil palm plantations 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Environmentalists argue that the farming of oil palm trees is extremely bad for the planet. 'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Some was due to oil palm plantations, but mining was by far the dominant cause, Dethier says. Illegal mining has muddied tropical rivers worldwide 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z An international team of researchers studied differences among an intact old forest, partly logged forest areas, and sites cleared for oil palm plantations, all of them in Sabah state on northern Borneo. News at a glance: Logging’s effects, endangered abalone, and a contract for UC postdocs 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z "For a traditional oil palm tree, the oil wouldn't be ready to harvest until years after the seed is planted, and most trees don't reach peak production until seven years later." Lab-grown alternatives aim to cut palm oil dependence 2023-01-15T05:00:00Z He says that as the nut grows on wild trees, it incentivizes the protection of rainforests rather than chopping them down to intensively farm oil palms. The little-known nut that may save at-risk rainforests 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z This is because forests are burned to clear areas where people can grow oil palms - even if it is illegal. 'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team 2023-09-18T04:00:00Z Nagarjuna is among several farmers here who have been planting saplings of the oil palm tree in their fields this season. Telangana’s ambitious palm oil strategy to help India reduce import 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z The demand surge comes as supply for germinated sprouts, used to make seedlings, has fallen as oil palm nurseries scaled down production during the pandemic to adjust to weaker demand. Analysis: Asian farmers plant to boost palm oil output, seedling shortage slows pace 2022-09-18T04:00:00Z Follow it back through the supply chain and eventually you'll find an oil palm tree, likely in Indonesia. Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z "And a temporary freeze on new oil palm plantations was not renewed last year." Climate change: Record tree losses in 2021 in northern regions 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z People shop for cooking oil made from oil palms at a supermarket in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 27, 2022. Indonesia stuns markets as it widens ban to include CPO, refined palm oil 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z He hopes that oil palm will help him return to profit. Telangana’s ambitious palm oil strategy to help India reduce import 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Nearly two dozen African countries grow oil palm on almost 6 million hectares of land, and the sector is a major agricultural sector employer of workers who stand to see their incomes rise. How Africa is bearing the brunt of palm oil's perfect storm 2022-04-27T04:00:00Z The province accounts for just a fifth of Indonesia's corporate-run oil palm plantations. Palm oil firms depriving tribes of millions of dollars 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z A woman shops for cooking oil made from oil palms at a supermarket in Jakarta, Indonesia, March 27, 2022. Factbox: From spreads to shampoo, palm oil is part of everyday life 2022-04-25T04:00:00Z Overpopulation, logging, agriculture, conversion of forests to unsustainable oil palm plantations, and other human activities are rapidly destroying forest environments required by orangutans for survival, according to the zoo. Melati, Woodland Park Zoo’s oldest orangutan, dies while recovering from surgery 2021-12-16T05:00:00Z Many farmers in Andhra Pradesh, which is currently the country's largest producer, shifted from crops like rice, coconut and bamboo to oil palm when the federal government first pushed the crop in the 1990s. Telangana’s ambitious palm oil strategy to help India reduce import 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Albertus Wawan, an Indonesian oil palm smallholder who already cut fertiliser use by a third, will delay his next application to January to save on two month's usage. Analysis: Global farmers facing fertiliser sticker shock may cut use, raising food security risks 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z Chimpanzees in West Africa have a clever trick to get at the tasty kernels inside oil palm nuts. Artificial intelligence helps scientists spy on chimp behavior in the wild 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z In the past decade, some in the Southeast Asian nation have gone to great lengths to counter the scientific conclusion that its oil palm industry is releasing huge amounts of carbon. Countries’ climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z The new road has led to the destruction of forests to make room for oil palm plantations, including sacred places that were cleared without the Marind’s consent, she says. Massive road project threatens New Guinea’s biodiversity 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z In Indonesia and Malaysia, the rapid expansion of oil palm plantations has decimated vast tracts of the world's most biodiverse forests, destroying plants and endangering native wildlife. Telangana’s ambitious palm oil strategy to help India reduce import 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z The oil palm itself also adapted to its new locale. How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Thousands of hectares of the Mandobo tribe's once vast rainforest has been logged and replaced with neat rows of oil palm trees. The burning scar: Inside the destruction of Asia’s last rainforests 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z In fact, in a peer-reviewed study funded by the Malaysian government itself, scientists documented the expansion of an oil palm plantation atop carbon-rich peatland in Sarawak in the very same year as Malaysia’s latest report. Countries’ climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Apart from the gas station, the shipping container’s other neighbors are a driving range and an oil palm plantation. This Vertical Farm Was Born in the Pandemic. Sales Are Up. 2020-09-03T04:00:00Z "The lifespan of an oil palm crop is roughly 30 years. I am 72. I don't think I'll uproot these plants in my lifetime," he says. Telangana’s ambitious palm oil strategy to help India reduce import 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Since oil palm is so productive, they contend, switching to other oil crops could cause even more harm because it would require more land to cultivate substitutes. How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z It was often described there as a symbol of impotent governments and the impunity of plantation companies that were burning jungle so they could plant millions of acres of lucrative oil palms. 4 Years of Catastrophic Fires in California: ‘I’m Numb’ 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z “The oil palm industry is basically an arm of the government,” Goldstein said. Countries’ climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z Consumers associate it more with tropical islands and white sandy beaches than with the deforestation linked to planting oil palm groves. Claim that coconut oil is worse for biodiversity than palm oil sparks furious debate 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The oil palm is considered a "wonder crop" and is used in nearly every product of daily use - from food items like chocolates, ice-cream, bread and butter to cosmetics. Telangana’s ambitious palm oil strategy to help India reduce import 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z The plant that makes it, the African oil palm, can produce up to 10 times more oil per hectare than soybeans. How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z This follows Jakarta introducing a permanent moratorium on clearing for oil palm plantations and increased efforts to ensure that laws were enforced. Football pitch-sized area of tropical rainforest lost every six seconds 2020-06-02T04:00:00Z “There were almost all men sitting in these ballrooms listening to presentations about how great Malaysian peatlands have been managed for oil palm,” recalled Goldstein, now a global development professor at Cornell. Countries’ climate pledges built on flawed data, Post investigation finds 2021-11-08T05:00:00Z But Sheherazade says she worries the paper will be used to undermine environmental activism against unsustainable oil palm practice in Indonesia, especially now that new plantations are springing up in pristine forests in Papua. Claim that coconut oil is worse for biodiversity than palm oil sparks furious debate 2020-07-17T04:00:00Z The state plans to grow the area under oil palm cultivation by another two million acres and the number of farmers from 6,500 to 35,000 in the next four years. Telangana’s ambitious palm oil strategy to help India reduce import 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z They had more success in Southeast Asia, where they created a new oil palm plantation industry. How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Loss of rainforest to oil palm plantations or coal mining leads orangutans into conflict with humans. Meet the baby orangutans learning to climb trees 2020-05-17T04:00:00Z To the Marind, the plant is of central significance for both subsistence and cosmology, but Papua is the new oil palm frontier, and as plantations spread across the landscape, groves of sago are being destroyed. Tales of love and loss: people from Oceania share their 'extinction stories' 2020-04-25T04:00:00Z But humans are cutting it down and replacing it with oil palm plantations. Why the lights are going out for fireflies 2020-02-22T05:00:00Z Globally, almost all oil palm is grown on lands that were once biodiverse tropical forests, studies have shown. Telangana’s ambitious palm oil strategy to help India reduce import 2022-10-30T04:00:00Z Today there are enough oil palm plantations worldwide to cover an area larger than the state of Kansas, and the industry is still growing. How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z But Roucoux worries that someday oil palm harvesters or other farmers will target the area for development. Peru’s Peatlands Could Greatly Accelerate Global Warming 2020-02-05T05:00:00Z About 4,000 years ago, the Bantu people started farming oil palm and grains. Ancient DNA from West Africa Adds to Picture of Humans’ Rise 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Plans to produce more oil palm for biofuel in the state of Roraima follow the inauguration of a processing plant there last April. The Amazon: biofuels plan will drive deforestation 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z “Financiers of oil palm companies should ensure that the companies are in compliance with FPIC, respect labour rights and environmental standards.” Liberia's miracle oil brings farmers only empty promises 2020-01-03T05:00:00Z According to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, tropical forest clearing for oil palm plantations threatens nearly 200 at-risk species, including orangutans, tigers and African forest elephants. How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z A hill of uncultivated land sits in the middle of an oil palm plantation in West Kalimantan in Indonesia. Our favorite Science photos of 2019 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Rats are estimated to damage an average of 10% of oil palm crops by eating its fruit, compared with the macaques which damage 0.54%. Shock and gnaw: rat-eating macaques 'stun' scientists 2019-10-22T04:00:00Z The concern is many of these fires are started by big corporations that want to plant oil palm plantations. What causes South East Asia's haze? 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z In the 1980s, the clearing of huge areas of jungle in the Malaysian state of Sabah for oil palm cultivation led to the proportion of forest coverage declining from 51% to 15%. Out of the jungle and into a death trap: the fate of Malaysia’s last nomadic people 2019-09-07T04:00:00Z Over 20% of palm oil produced in 2020 received certification from the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, a nonprofit that includes oil palm producers and processors, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks and advocacy groups. How palm oil became the world’s most hated, most used fat source 2021-07-04T04:00:00Z Mahathir also said Malaysia was focused on improving productivity and yields of oil palm, rather than expanding land. Malaysia's Mahathir says linking palm oil to deforestation 'baseless' 2019-08-23T04:00:00Z Malaysian employers “exploit some migrant workers in labor trafficking on oil palm and agricultural plantations,” according to the U.S. Mars, Nestle, other food companies face complaints of forced labor at palm oil supplier 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z “The monoculture nature of oil palm plantations means that they tend not to support species that are dependent on forest environment like the orangutan.” Orangutan numbers drop as much as 30% in Malaysian palm oil estate... 2019-07-17T04:00:00Z Known as an assassin bug, Sycanus uses its mouthpart to stab its insect prey, including the fire caterpillar, one of the most important pests of oil palm trees. Courting controversy, scientists team with industry to tackle one of the world’s most destructive crops 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z “Everywhere, the oil palm companies are now trying to uphold their international commitments or deforestation rules.” Lawyer fighting palm oil among 6 to win environmental prize 2019-04-29T04:00:00Z But our rapacious appetite for the fruit of the oil palm tree has brought environmental devastation to Malaysia and Indonesia, as Paul Tullis reports. US briefing: Bernie 2020, Rod Rosenstein and Isis recruit begs to return 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z The oil palm is blessed with many attributes that have helped it on its path to dominance. How the world got hooked on palm oil 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Some of the crude facilities were tucked into oil palm plantations or surrounded by walls of tin sheets. How mountains of U.S. plastic waste ended up in Malaysia, broken down by workers for $10 a day Although environmentalists are wary of such collaborations, some oil palm experts dismiss the results. Courting controversy, scientists team with industry to tackle one of the world’s most destructive crops 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z As the forest to the north is overtaken by oil palm plantations, there are fewer wild deer and boar to hunt and the large catches of river fish have dwindled, he said. In Home Village of Girl Who Died in U.S. Custody, Poverty Drives Migration 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z It is under threat from logging and the clearing of forest for oil palm plantations. Hope for mountain gorilla and fin whale 2018-11-14T05:00:00Z The oil palm originated in west Africa, and had been introduced from there to Malaysia in 1875. How the world got hooked on palm oil 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Worst of all, oil palms, with their blood-red fruit, do not produce colorful blooms. Their Land Defiled, Forest People Swap Flower Worship for Quran and Concrete 2018-10-14T04:00:00Z Others say that in working with large companies, ecologists are missing worse offenders: smallholder farmers who own 40% of Indonesia's oil palm plantations and may be less informed about biodiversity and oil palm management. Courting controversy, scientists team with industry to tackle one of the world’s most destructive crops 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z And despite years of pledges by companies to help reduce deforestation, the amount of forest cleared to plant oil palm and other booming crops remained steady between 2001 and 2015. Scientists reveal how much of the world’s forests is being destroyed by industrial agriculture 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z In existing oil palm plantations, companies should manage their land to reduce impacts on biodiversity. Warning of palm oil threat to primates 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Rubber had been a key crop, but with prices falling, the government initiated a programme to replace rubber plantations with oil palm. How the world got hooked on palm oil 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Half of the orangutans on the vast Southeast Asian island died between 1999 and 2015 as a result of hunting or habitat destruction by oil palm and other industries, a new study found. In Case You Missed It 2018-05-05T04:00:00Z "We need to produce crops that are very productive … in the smallest area possible. And oil palm is the best." Courting controversy, scientists team with industry to tackle one of the world’s most destructive crops 2019-07-11T04:00:00Z Wetlands continue to be destroyed in Southeast Asia and the Congo region of Africa, mainly to plant oil palm. 75% of Earth's Land Areas Are Degraded 2018-03-26T04:00:00Z Palm oil comes from the oil palm tree, which is native to West Africa. Warning of palm oil threat to primates 2018-08-13T04:00:00Z Forests destroyed for oil palm plantations are among the most carbon-rich in the world. How the world got hooked on palm oil 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z Deforestation, driven by logging, oil palm, mining and paper mills, continues to be the main culprit. '100,000 orangutans' killed in 16 years 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z Fish prices are higher than oil palm and do not require years to harvest, he notes. Rewetting the Swamp: Indonesia's Bold Plan 2018-01-31T05:00:00Z The Pasoh Forest, however, is surrounded on three sides by oil palm plantations. Hordes of Wild Pigs Make Palm Oil Even More Destructive 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “Flying over Sumatra is like flying over an ocean of oil palm plantations,” adds co-author Mathias Tobler, a scientist with San Diego Zoo Global. Extremely Endangered Tiger Losing Habitat—and Fast 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z The relationship between leaf area index and microclimate in tropical forest and oil palm plantation: forest disturbance drives changes in microclimate. Creation of forest edges has a global impact on forest vertebrates 2017-10-31T04:00:00Z The cultivation of oil palm, found in a wide variety of food products, is a well-known cause of that habitat loss. '100,000 orangutans' killed in 16 years 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z The European biofuel rule is now a major driver of one of the world’s greatest environmental disasters: the razing of the Indonesian rainforests and their replacement with oil palm. Who’s the world’s leading eco-vandal? It’s Angela Merkel | George Monbiot 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z The crop cycle for oil palm—combined with copious data on tree growth, boar nests, and oil palm production collected by scientists working at Pasoh—provided a perfect natural experiment to test the hypothesis. Hordes of Wild Pigs Make Palm Oil Even More Destructive 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Two large-scale oil palm plantations also dominate the later image. Satellite eye on Earth: July 2017 – in pictures 2017-08-24T04:00:00Z A report from the Environmental Investigation Agency in 2015 linked large commercial companies to illegal deforestation in the Peruvian Amazon for oil palm cultivation. The Amazon's new danger: Brazil sets sights on palm oil 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Catherine Barton, the zoo's field conservation manager explained that - working with the charity Hutan in Malaysia - the zoo had set out to reconnect habitats fragmented by oil palm plantations, roads and drainage channels. '100,000 orangutans' killed in 16 years 2018-02-15T05:00:00Z In the world’s largest palm oil producing nation about 80-90% of the human-elephant conflicts in Sumatra occur in concession areas for timber and oil palm. Paichit – the baby elephant saved from a palm oil plantation in Indonesia 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z After 25 years, oil palm trees begin to decline, so growers must rip up their plantations and start again. Hordes of Wild Pigs Make Palm Oil Even More Destructive 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z Despite its bad reputation, oil palm is the most productive oil crop in the world. A makeover for the world's most hated crop 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z Almost half of the land area of Brazil is suitable for growing oil palm, according to researchers, making it the number one country – they say – in terms of suitable land. The Amazon's new danger: Brazil sets sights on palm oil 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z In addition to its widespread use in processed foods, the oil palm plant, Elaeis guineensis, lurks in one form or another in many cosmetics and personal-care products, such as shampoos, soaps, and lipsticks. The Violent Costs of the Global Palm-Oil Boom 2016-12-10T05:00:00Z “Sure, we’re growing oil palm in the national park, so what?” one of them shouts at TIME. No Real Progress Made After Choking Haze Affected Millions of People 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z All of a sudden there was no oil palm fruit—and though conditions hadn’t changed in Pasoh itself, the boar population crashed. Hordes of Wild Pigs Make Palm Oil Even More Destructive 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z And because oil palms mature slowly, growers typically don't know for three to four years whether the trees they plant will turn out to be star performers or worthless wood. A makeover for the world's most hated crop 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z “The opportunity in Brazil is converting cattle pastures to oil palm, but the fear is converting forest to oil palm,” he says. The Amazon's new danger: Brazil sets sights on palm oil 2017-06-29T04:00:00Z Dozens of Indonesian men, suspected of being hired by an oil palm plantation company, threatened to kill environmental investigators checking on fires on Sumatra island, the environment ministry said. Indonesia environment team threatened with death investigating haze 2016-09-05T04:00:00Z Chimpanzees were most able to adapt to a loss of forest habitats to oil palm plantations or other farms, while gorillas and orangutans were less flexible. Hunting pushes Eastern gorillas close to extinction: Red List 2016-09-04T04:00:00Z The monkeys’ numbers are also skyrocketing near oil palm plantations, and like the pigs they will eat anything available, from fruit to chicks to frogs. Hordes of Wild Pigs Make Palm Oil Even More Destructive 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z “We don't have much more land to open up, so we have no choice but to make oil palm more productive.” A makeover for the world's most hated crop 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z "Exports of Sierra Leone are ginger, piassava, pepper, cocoa, coffee, oil palm…" The quest to end Sierra Leone's 'hunger season' - BBC News 2016-08-18T04:00:00Z Since the early 1970s, 40 percent of Borneo's forest cover has disappeared, much of it stripped for oil palm plantations, and that trend will likely continue. Schoolkids Write Adorable Book About Orphaned Orangutan “The reality is that workers on oil palm plantations face very unregulated conditions,” says RAN’s Averbeck, who worked on the report. Palm Oil's Human Cost Alleged in New Report 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z All the study sites at Pasoh were deep inside the forest, at least .8 mile from the forest edge and the oil palms. Hordes of Wild Pigs Make Palm Oil Even More Destructive 2017-12-21T05:00:00Z IOI admitted to clearing peatlands, in a statement to the RSPO, but denied planting oil palm trees on them, saying it rehabilitated the area by planting "cuttings of an indigenous jungle species". Palm plantations shaken by the green body they helped create 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z There are at least three large oil palm plantations that directly border the national park. Orangutans Are More Like Us Than You Think 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z In Kalimantan, for instance, 80 percent of the orangutan’s range isn’t protected, and clearing for oil palm plantations is pushing the apes into ever smaller forest fragments. Schoolkids Write Adorable Book About Orphaned Orangutan Last year in Indonesia, for instance, fires set to clear the land for oil palm and pulp and paper plantations produced an acrid haze that enveloped Southeast Asia, and a surge in greenhouse gas emissions. These Farmers Slash and Burn Forests—But in a Good Way 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z "We usually think of oil palm as an issue which affects tropical forests on land but our study shows that demand for oil palm is also driving deforestation in coastal mangrove forests." Rice and palm oil risk to mangroves - BBC News 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The complaint alleged that IOI had illegally chopped down rainforests in the Indonesian province of West Kalimantan and planted oil palms on peatlands, which are drained and then highly flammable. Palm plantations shaken by the green body they helped create 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z Such policies would decrease the likelihood that standing forests will be cleared for uses like cattle ranching and oil palm plantations, Mezúa says. Indigenous people could be key to storing carbon in tropical forests, new report concludes 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z It will also aim to improve the livelihoods of more than 4 million oil palm smallholders in Indonesia and some 500,000 in Malaysia, he said. Indonesia, Malaysia form OPEC-like council for palm oil producers to ensure price stability 2015-11-21T05:00:00Z Much of the forest land that was burned in the past 17 years was converted into oil palm and pulp plantations. Indonesia uses trained elephants outfitted with water pumps and hoses to control forest fires 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z "Sixteen percent of all deforested mangroves in Southeast Asia were replaced with oil palm plantations during our study period," he said. Rice and palm oil risk to mangroves - BBC News 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z Cargill said oil palms on its plantations are already showing signs of damage from poor sunlight and drought that presage smaller crops yields in one-to-two years. Businesses Take Heat From Haze in Indonesia 2015-11-03T05:00:00Z Everybody knows the fires are lit as the cheapest way of clearing land for farming or a plantation—especially for oil palm. Hazing rituals 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z More than a decade ago, they began collaborating with Martienssen and other scientists to sequence the oil palm genome, which was completed 2 years ago. Researchers solve mystery of the mutated oil palms 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z The council said the companies may be responsible for environmental damage linked to the conversion of tropical forests into oil palm plantations in Indonesia. Norway oil fund excludes 4 Asian companies involved in Indonesian oil palm plantations 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z Stakes are planted in the ground and a nursery nearby is filled with oil palm seedlings. Palm Oil Plantations Threaten African Primates 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z In theory, the oil palm tree couldn't be more environmentally friendly. Is Malaysia's palm oil worth the cost? - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z In the "green zone", where an oil palm plantation would store more carbon over 25 years than the vegetation now on the land, clearing would be allowed. Can we save forests and produce palm oil? Scientists seek answer 2015-07-28T04:00:00Z His group and Sambanthamurthi’s team applied that technique to five strains of oil palm, sampling the parent, a normal clone, and a mantled clone in each strain. Researchers solve mystery of the mutated oil palms 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Palm oil is an edible vegetable oil derived from the pulp of the fruit of the oil palm, primarily the African oil palm. Your instant ramen noodles are a massive threat to the environment 2015-07-18T04:00:00Z Ms Royal said the chocolate-hazelnut spread contributed to deforestation because oil palms were replacing trees. French minister says Nutella spread 'damages environment' - BBC News 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z "In Malaysia it was rubber before. It was a forestry and we are now planting again a forestry in the form of the oil palm tree," he says. Is Malaysia's palm oil worth the cost? - BBC News 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z El Nino does not immediately hit palm oil supplies as it takes about nine months to a year for oil palm trees to show stress due to drought. Impact of El Nino on key crops in Asia 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But today less than 1% of the area devoted to oil palms uses clones because some of the cloned trees produced fruit that developed abnormally, appearing jagged and forming a thick outer coating. Researchers solve mystery of the mutated oil palms 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Warren-Thomas told ScienceInsider that sustainability certification schemes have been successful in reducing the negative impacts of oil palm and paper and pulp growing practices. The tires on your car threaten Asian biodiversity 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z The first review of the effects on biodiversity and endangered species found the problem was comparable to oil palm and was linked to the growing tyre market. Demand for rubber 'threatens forests' 2015-04-17T04:00:00Z But forest is also frequently retained inside or at the edges of oil palm plantations, and this is a pattern that is replicated globally. World's Forests Have Fragmented into Tiny Patches 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z With land at a premium, growers are increasingly cultivating oil palm on peatlands. Another Culprit Of Air Pollution: Palm Oil Used In Deodorants And Cookies 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z It sits deep within the Guinean forest region, surrounded by towering reeds and oil palm cultivations - these are believed to have attracted the fruit bats carrying the virus passed onto Emile. First Ebola case linked to bat play 2014-12-30T05:00:00Z The village of Meliandou sits deep within the Guinean forest region, surrounded by towering reeds and oil palm cultivations - these are believed to have attracted the fruit bats carrying the virus passed onto Emile. Tracing the Ebola outbreak 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z “I can’t emphasize enough how important this is to making forest carbon worth something, say, compared to other forms of land use such as surface mining or oil palm, which are major carbon emitters.” New Amazon Carbon Maps Could Slow Deforestation 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z In Borneo, for example, small forest patches house bird communities that are far more similar to those found in the surrounding oil palm than to those of larger forest tracts. World's Forests Have Fragmented into Tiny Patches 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z In addition, current low yields and high production costs means oil palm is not planted much in Africa and South America. Good Palm Oil Yields Could Be Bad News 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Malaysian firm Sime Darby said it has relocated expatriate workers at its Liberian oil palm plantation and limited employee movement because of the outbreak. Guinea declares public health emergency over Ebola 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The oil palm is native to west Africa, but most of today’s production is small-scale; exports barely exist. Grow but cherish your environment 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z Mining and oil palm plantations also threaten those forests, many of which are highly carbon-dense. New Amazon Carbon Maps Could Slow Deforestation 2014-11-12T05:00:00Z The expansion of oil palm plantations was destroying the habitat of the apes in Sumatra. Drones on a Different Mission 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z “Many of us are surprised that fibre plantations are in fact even more important than oil palm,” he says. Fibre production drives deforestation in Indonesia 2014-07-20T04:00:00Z The researchers assumed that only 50% of sugar cane and oil palm crops grown on acquired land would be consumed as food. 'Grabbed' land has potential to feed millions 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z Here’s a big part of the problem: 90 percent of the world’s oil palm trees are cultivated in Indonesian and Malaysian plantations, but they’re not even native to that region. Your morning routine is destroying the environment 2014-05-04T20:00:00Z Of the 550,000 Indonesian plantation workers currently in Malaysia, about 95 percent are in the oil palm industry, embassy data showed. Labour crunch hurts Malaysian palm oil growers as Indonesians stay home 2014-04-27T21:45:06Z Sarawak officials say 84 percent of the state is forested although this includes massive oil palm estates planted in place of forests. Controversial Malaysia state boss due to "retire", but keep influence 2014-02-10T05:00:20Z The scientists believe the influx of drug cash encourages ranchers, timber traffickers and oil palm growers to expand their activities. Drug smugglers boost deforestation 2014-01-30T19:10:14Z Today, Malaysia is the global leader in oil palm plantations, production and export of palm oil products. One woman's mission to save Nigeria's palms 2013-10-21T07:51:51Z Ivory Coast, home to Africa's largest oil palm refinery, is planning to double production by 2020. Ivory Coast hopes to squeeze the profits from palm oil 2013-09-09T06:53:30Z Whether it is oil palm or rice, it will pass mining. Liberia booming but still needs peacekeepers: president 2013-08-18T17:08:54Z Thus, channelling of sugars destined for oil synthesis is regulated at the transcriptome level in oil palm. Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds 2013-08-14T18:20:59.500Z However the environmental group WWF-UK said that the oil palm was already a very productive crop and that the global demand was growing rapidly, making the expansion of plantations inevitable. Genetic secrets of oil crop revealed 2013-07-24T17:44:27Z But the oil palm tree industry is also an environmental disaster, according to many conservation biologists. Looking at Oil Palm’s Genome for Keys to Productivity 2013-07-24T17:00:39Z They decry the destruction of rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia to support oil palm expansion, which threatens the natural habitats of endangered species such as pygmy elephants and Sumatran tigers. Indonesia's Palm Oil Industry Rife With Human-Rights Abuses 2013-07-18T10:00:45Z Industry data show oil palms cover about 5 million hectares in Malaysia and more than 8 million hectares in Indonesia. Indonesia says building criminal cases against 8 firms over fires 2013-06-27T12:10:23Z Although the oil palm accumulates markedly higher TAG than the date palm, the number of genes involved in TAG biosynthesis is notably similar in both palms. Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds 2013-08-14T18:20:59.500Z An international team sequenced the genome of the oil palm, deciphering 1.8 billion "letters" of DNA. Genetic secrets of oil crop revealed 2013-07-24T17:44:27Z The ancestors of oil palms split off from date palms about 70 million years ago. Looking at Oil Palm’s Genome for Keys to Productivity 2013-07-24T17:00:39Z The obscure group is believed to be at large in surrounding oil palm estates. Malaysia troops kill 31 Philippine militants; ceasefire offer rejected 2013-03-07T12:29:41Z Sabah is Malaysia's top oil palm growing region, accounting for a quarter of national production. Malaysian troops attack armed Philippine group in Sabah 2013-03-05T04:50:00Z WRI1 regulates oil accumulation in the oil palm mesocarp and we found highest mesocarp expression of WRI1 just before lipid accumulation onset. Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds 2013-08-14T18:20:59.500Z If you’re not aware of the oil palm problem, now is the time to learn. The mystery mammal of Kayan Mentarang 2013-02-25T15:15:07.977Z And along the way, oil palms got oily. Looking at Oil Palm’s Genome for Keys to Productivity 2013-07-24T17:00:39Z In Kalimantan and Sumatra, Indonesia, expansion of oil palm and wood pulp plantations threatens the most species-rich rain forests in the world. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z Converting forests into oil palm plantations destroys the home of not only orangutans but also such critically endangered creatures as the Sumatran tiger and the Sumatran rhino. Stop Burning Rain Forests for Palm Oil 2012-12-06T14:15:02.517Z Commercial cultivation of oil palm commenced on the West African coast in the early twentieth century. Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds 2013-08-14T18:20:59.500Z The conversion of tropical Asian forest to oil palm plantation is a terrifying, escalating problem. The amazing swimming Proboscis monkey (part I) 2012-11-30T12:45:00.210Z The researchers also hope that their public release of the genome will allow other scientists to pinpoint more genes that might be useful for improving oil palm trees, such as resisting drought and diseases. Looking at Oil Palm’s Genome for Keys to Productivity 2013-07-24T17:00:39Z The same holds true in the vast oil palm developments in Southeast Asia. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z A study published online in Nature Climate Change in October projected that with planned oil palm plantation expansion, Indonesian Borneo will release 558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2020. Stop Burning Rain Forests for Palm Oil 2012-12-06T14:15:02.517Z Figures Figure 1: The chromosomes of oil palm. Oil palm genome sequence reveals divergence of interfertile species in Old and New worlds 2013-08-14T18:20:59.500Z In Southeast Sulawesi, desperate farmers are cutting down cocoa trees to make way for oil palm plantations that bring better returns. Indonesia's "Frankentrees" turn cocoa dream into nightmare 2012-10-15T20:33:17Z "There is ample area for oil palms to meet strong local demand," he added. Malaysian palm oil firm eyes Philippines after peace deal 2012-10-08T21:07:07Z For your oil palm, it’s lethal spear rot, found in South America in the 1980s but not yet present in Southeast Asia. Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z Surely in Indonesia there are a lot of legal concessions, either oil palm or timber, that take over forests. Eye in the Sky: Drones Help Conserve Sumatran Orangutans and Other Wildlife 2012-09-27T15:45:08.700Z George Mclean, the British governor at Cape Coast, pushed for the expansion of this trade, and by 1850 oil palm products were the principal items of trade in the area. Archaeology Challenges the History of Development and Poverty in Africa [Excerpt] 2012-06-29T13:15:00.210Z "Paradoxically, the conversion of forest to oil palm plantations, which is so bad for many species, seems to be quite good for some snakes," said Craig Hilton-Taylor, manager of IUCN's Red List Unit. 'On the brink' species counted 2012-06-19T15:14:52Z They also eliminate protections for steep slopes and allow landowners to meet some of their obligations to restore forest with permanent plantations of exotic trees, such as eucalyptus and oil palm. President prunes forest reforms 2012-06-06T17:20:15.847Z “So,” I continued, “you mean if some careless biologist introduced a pathogen into a soy or oil palm plantation, it could wipe out the whole place and native vegetation would return?” Can Endangered Animals Coexist with Big Ag? [Excerpt] 2013-02-22T19:15:00.507Z The researchers found that about two-thirds of the land outside protected areas in the study region are now leased to oil palm companies. Green Blog: A Grim Portrait of Palm Oil Emissions 2012-05-01T18:15:15Z Production of oil palm for export peaked in 1884, before going into a long decline due to challenges from other products in virtually every area of its utility. Archaeology Challenges the History of Development and Poverty in Africa [Excerpt] 2012-06-29T13:15:00.210Z The destruction of the forest there is caused by expansion for banana and oil palm plantations, pasturelands, road building, settlements, and illegal hunting and logging. Drilling for Oil in Eden: Initiative to Save Amazon Rainforest in Ecuador is Uncertain 2012-03-17T18:45:02.280Z Forest is burnt in the Karuturi compound in Gambella, western Ethiopia, in order to make it easier for the tractors to prepare the land for planting oil palm and sugar cane. In pictures: Land leasing or land grabbing? 2012-02-24T00:49:46Z Surjadi discounts such a threat, precisely because logging is simply not considered as lucrative these days as oil palm. Dot Earth Blog: Can Logging and Conservation Coexist? 2012-02-18T00:00:34Z The forests contain the baobab, the coco-nut palm and the oil palm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 9 "Dagupan" to "David" 2012-02-11T03:03:39.807Z This instability gradually eroded oil palm's popularity as a cash crop. Archaeology Challenges the History of Development and Poverty in Africa [Excerpt] 2012-06-29T13:15:00.210Z They cultivated oil palm, pearl millet and yams, crops that need plenty of sunlight, which, of course, necessitated clearing forests. Farmers May Have Kicked Off Local Climate Change 3,500 Years Ago 2012-02-10T23:15:00.260Z Lambir Hills National Park is an island of lowland mixed dipterocarp forest in a sea of oil palm plantations. Dot Earth Blog: Other Voices: The Emptied Forests of Sarawak 2012-02-08T15:56:21Z Increasingly, investments are being made in fast-growing plantations which compete for land with both natural forests and oil palm. Dot Earth Blog: Can Logging and Conservation Coexist? 2012-02-18T00:00:34Z The oil palm is abundant, palm oil, ivory, India rubber and nuts being the chief exports. Alden's Handy Atlas of the World 2012-01-02T03:00:16.440Z Dr. Unwin has also chapters on the oil beans, seeds and nuts of the West African forests; on the oil palm and palm kernel industry, and the question of the forest in relation to agriculture. Feminism and Sex-Extinction 2011-11-11T03:00:29.100Z East of that river the coast land is covered with bushes 5 to 12 ft. high, occasional large trees and groves of oil palms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Mahathir’s Multimedia Super Corridor, centered around an area in Selangor state that was carved out of oil palm plantations, offered tax breaks and relaxed rules on hiring foreigners to entice software engineers. Malaysia Losses From Racial Law Exposed by Foreigners in Penang 2011-10-19T16:23:19Z The companies will then log the forests before planting oil palm trees. Dot Earth Blog: Can Logging and Conservation Coexist? 2012-02-18T00:00:34Z The authors recommend oranges, oil palm and cashew as possible alternatives. Climate Change Could Melt Chocolate Production 2011-10-03T19:15:00.243Z So they set up two isoprene detection stations in Malaysia: one over the canopy of a rainforest and one over an oil palm plantation. Tick Tock, Modeling Emissions From Trees Around the Clock 2011-09-25T18:00:00Z Still farther east, by Accra, are numerous arborescent Euphorbias, and immediately west of the lower Volta forests of oil palms and grassy plains with fan palms. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z For instance, in Indonesia, where habitat loss threatens the few remaining populations of orangutans, money has been earmarked to block the conversion of forests to commercial oil palm and rubber plantations. Opinion: Fearing a Planet Without Apes 2011-08-20T22:11:37Z But it adds: Despite the significant obstacle to conservation that oil palm plantations represent, the area under logging concessions still dwarfs that under oil palm. Dot Earth Blog: Can Logging and Conservation Coexist? 2012-02-18T00:00:34Z Norway's $550 billion sovereign wealth fund will keep investing in Southeast Asian oil palm planters but may exclude firms that severely damage the environment, a Norwegian finance ministry official said after Greenomics' criticism. Indonesia Forest Moratorium Breached on First Day 2011-06-17T15:15:07.103Z The pattern was especially prominent at the oil palm plantation, where all the plants were of a single species. Tick Tock, Modeling Emissions From Trees Around the Clock 2011-09-25T18:00:00Z The forests alone supply an inexhaustible source of wealth, notably in the oil palm. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z From Melbourne's autumn parkland to the tropical oil palms of Kuala Lumpur, the heat is back on the Formula 1 field. Live - Malaysian GP practice 2011-04-08T01:31:08Z The trees most characteristic of the forest are oil palms and tree ferns, but there are many varieties, including ebony, mahogany and the African oak. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 3 "Fenton, Edward" to "Finistere" 2011-03-14T03:01:00.580Z “Rain is plentiful, not enough to cause floods, but enough to induce growth and vigor in the production processes of oil palms,” Yusof said. Palm Oil Output in Malaysia May Rise on Good Weather, Group Says 2011-02-24T00:56:24Z Along the coast and in the deep, long valleys between the mountains the oil palm abounds; and in the forests, which are full of elephants, there is a wealth of ebony and other valuable timber. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z It is rich in the oil palm and oil-bearing groundnut, but the climate is exceedingly dangerous to Europeans. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Colombo-based Guardian is part of Sri Lankan diversified company Carson Cumberbatch & Co., which has interests in breweries, real estate and oil palm plantations, among others. Guardian Fund Favors Sri Lanka Banks, Retail Stocks on Growth 2011-01-20T16:37:15Z “Strategies will be finalized by March for raising output of oilseeds, mainly oil palm,” Basu said. India to Boost Cooking-Oil Production 2011-01-07T08:59:01Z The Nantabu school’s experimental plot of oil palm even helped create a local economy, a large plantation with jobs for impoverished villagers. Fred Hargesheimer, Repaid His Rescuers, Dies at 94 2010-12-24T02:40:27Z Mr Bochenek said exploitation of migrants in Malaysia was widespread, occurring in all sectors that relied on foreign workers, such as the construction and oil palm plantation industries. Malaysia accused of migrant abuse 2010-03-24T08:18:00Z Amid the tropical growth of the west of Africa the oil palm flourishes. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z Adult orangutans spend much of the day in a nearby peat-land forest that is off-limits to loggers and oil palm growers. 2009-11-14T05:00:00Z The oil palm and bananas are staple products. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide The oil palm, on the other hand, is less known but much more valuable. An African Adventure African oil palm is a native of southwestern Africa, but has been introduced into other regions. Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture Rice, maize, millet, the cocoa nut and the oil palm are cultivated, and the whole country is well adapted to the raising of sugar, coffee, cotton, indigo, and the various spices. Scientific American Supplement, No. 1082, September 26, 1896 The second product, palm-oil, is derived from a much more limited area than rubber, for although the oil palm is found throughout the greater part of West Africa, from 10 deg. The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 We passed southwards over large tracts of bush and gramineous plants, with patches of small plantations, manioc and thur; and settlements girt by calabash-trees, cocoas, palmyra and oil palms. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2 An oil palm will bear fruit within seven years after the young tree is planted. An African Adventure In three running rivulets we saw the Shuaré palm, and an oil palm which is much inferior to that on the West Coast. 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