Palm Oil Not the Only Driver of Forest Loss in Indonesia

Large-scale agriculture, primarily for growing oil palms, remains a major cause of deforestation in Indonesia, but its impact has diminished proportionately in recent years as other natural and human causes emerge, a new Duke University study finds. “In the late 2000s, large-scale plantations were responsible for more than half of Indonesia’s loss of primary natural […]

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Deforestation Linked to Palm Oil Production is Making Indonesia Warmer

In the past decades, large areas of forest in Sumatra, Indonesia have been replaced by cash crops like oil palm and rubber plantations. New research, published in the European Geosciences Union journal Biogeosciences, shows that these changes in land use increase temperatures in the region. The added warming could affect plants and animals and make parts […]

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