Abstract 'Sustainable palm oil'aims to eliminate deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions,
land conflicts and labour abuses from palm oil global value chains while maintaining palm …

Land cover transformations throughout the Amazon basin have significantly intensified in
recent decades due to increased human activity. Using a land change science approach …

Although causal links between tropical deforestation and palm oil are well established,
linking this land use change to where the palm oil is actually consumed remains a distinct …

Oil palm cultivation has improved living standards and alleviated the poverty of many
smallholder farmers. However, challenges such as climate change, aging palms and …

Abstract CONTEXT A Social-Ecological System (SES) approach to the analysis of
agricultural systems enables consideration of the complexity and interdependencies of …

This is a study of the effects of sectoral FDI inflows on the rates of change of forest land and
the ecological footprint of economic activity measured in forest land. We test the “FDI …

Illicit economies have become a major driver of socio-environmental change in Latin
America's rural spaces. The arrival of transnational drug trade networks in rural communities …

Oil palm is the dominant global oil crop due to its high productivity and diversified usage in
many sectors. Since the late 20 th century, oil palm cultivations proliferated in Southeast …

Palm oil has become one of the most consumed vegetable oils in the world, and it is a key
element in profitable global value chains. In Costa Rica, oil palm cultivation is one of the …

One of the main components of the sustainable development program is land reform. At the
same time, there is a lot of land conflict caused by sustainable development programs that …