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SUBMITTER: Nomura K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6695397 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nomura Keiko K Mitchard Edward T A ETA Patenaude Genevieve G Bastide Joan J Oswald Patrick P Nwe Thazin T
Scientific reports 20190815 1
The increased demand for palm oil has led to an expansion of oil palm concessions in the tropics, and the clearing of abundant forest as a result. However, concessions are typically incompletely planted to varying degrees, leaving much land unused. The remaining forests within such concessions are at high risk of deforestation, as there are normally no legal hurdles to their clearance, therefore making them excellent targets for conservation. We investigated the location of oil palm plantations ...[more]