can palm oil plantations come clean? science in lusaka

can palm oil plantations come clean? science in lusaka
                                               
                                               
                                               
                                               
  • can palm oil plantations come clean? science in lusaka
can palm oil plantations come clean? science in lusaka
can palm oil plantations come clean? science in lusaka
can palm oil plantations come clean? science in lusaka
can palm oil plantations come clean? science in lusaka
  • Can palm oil plantations be sustainable?
  • The results of the land suitability analysis in Malaysia and Indonesia show potentially available land areas of up to 4.5 million hectares for new plantations of sustainable palm oil production subject to sustainability constraints, although most of these areas are fragmented.
  • How can we achieve sustainable palm oil?
  • Available lands, which are both suitable and sustainable at the same time, could be identified and allocated for new plantations, expansion and/or, possibly, the relocation of existing plantations. By doing this activity, the crucial first step could be achieved towards the implementation of sustainable palm oil.
  • How many oil palm plantations occupy unsuitable lands in Malaysia and Indonesia?
  • A total of about 13 million hectares of existing oil palm plantations occupy unsuitable lands over the whole of Malaysia and Indonesia. After excluding the existing plantations and other land uses from the environmentally suitable areas, a total of 4.5 million hectares is potentially available in Malaysia and Indonesia.
  • Are oil palm plantations destroying biodiversity in Indonesia & Malaysia?
  • First, forests have been converted into large homogeneous areas of oil palm plantations, which are detrimental to the biodiversity of Indonesia and Malaysia. Second, lands have been unsustainably used for oil palm plantations, encroaching into forest areas, in both countries.