The environmental impacts of palm oil in context

E Meijaard, TM Brooks, KM Carlson, EM Slade… - Nature plants, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing
demands on land between agriculture (SDG 2) and biodiversity (SDG 15). The production of …

Mechanical weeding enhances ecosystem multifunctionality and profit in industrial oil palm

NAA Iddris, G Formaglio, C Paul, V von Groß… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Oil palm is the most productive oil crop, but its high productivity is associated with
conventional management (that is, high fertilization rates and herbicide application), causing …

Reducing fertilizer and avoiding herbicides in oil palm plantations—ecological and economic valuations

KFA Darras, MD Corre, G Formaglio, A Tjoa… - Frontiers in Forests …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Oil palm plantations are intensively managed agricultural systems that increasingly
dominate certain tropical regions. Oil palm monocultures have been criticized because of …

Minimising the loss of biodiversity and ecosystem services in an intact landscape under risk of rapid agricultural development

BA Williams, HS Grantham, JEM Watson… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
As humanity's demand for resources continues to rise and productive arable lands become
increasingly scarce, many of Earth's remaining intact regions are at heightened risk of …

Camera trap** for conservation

F Rovero, R Kays - Conservation technology, 2021 - books.google.com
Camera trap** is the use of motion-sensitive cameras to record images or videos of
animals passing in front of them. Camera trap** has advanced our knowledge of elusive …

Enhancing bird conservation in tropical urban parks through land sparing and sharing strategies: Evidence from occupancy data

MA Hadi, S Narayana, MS Yahya, S Jamian… - Urban Forestry & Urban …, 2024 - Elsevier
Urban green spaces such as parks, play a vital role in relieving pressure on urban
biodiversity. In Southeast Asia, urban park management often prioritises aesthetic appeal …

[HTML][HTML] The road towards wildlife friendlier infrastructure: Mitigation planning through landscape-level priority settings and species connectivity frameworks

EAD Paemelaere, A Mejía, S Quintero, M Hallett… - Environmental Impact …, 2023 - Elsevier
The current global road network expansion scenario poses a conflict of interest between
Sustainable Development Goals of human well-being and biosphere, which could be …

Effects of oil palm and human presence on activity patterns of terrestrial mammals in the Colombian Llanos

LE Pardo, W Edwards, MJ Campbell… - Mammalian …, 2021 - Springer
The ability of animals to adjust their behaviour can influence how they respond to
environmental changes and human presence. We quantified activity patterns of terrestrial …

[HTML][HTML] Integral analysis of environmental and economic performance of combined agricultural intensification & bioenergy production in the Orinoquia region

NE Ramirez-Contreras, CA Fontanilla-Díaz… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Agricultural intensification is a key strategy to help meet increasing demand for food and
bioenergy. It has the potential to reduce direct and indirect land use change (LUC) and …

Assessing microhabitat, landscape features and intraguild relationships in the occupancy of the enigmatic and threatened Andean tiger cat (Leopardus tigrinus …

JC Cepeda-Duque, G Andrade-Ponce… - Plos one, 2023 - journals.plos.org
Mesocarnivores play a key role in ecosystem dynamics through the regulation of prey
populations and are sensitive to environmental changes; thus, they are often considered …