The environmental impacts of palm oil in context

• Main Authors: Meijaard, Erik, Brooks, Thomas M., Carlson, Kimberly M., Slade, Eleanor M., Garcia-Ulloa, John, Gaveau, David L. A., Lee, Janice Ser Huay, Santika, Truly, Juffe-Bignoli, Diego, Struebig, Matthew J., Wich, Serge A., Ancrenaz, Marc, Koh, Lian Pin, Nadine Zamira, Abrams, Jesse F., Prins, Herbert H. T., Sendashonga, Cyriaque N., Murdiyarso, Daniel, Furumo, Paul R., Macfarlane, Nicholas, Hoffmann, Rachel, Persio, Marcos, Descals, Adrià, Szantoi, Zoltan, Sheil, Douglas
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: Science::Biological sciences::Ecology; Agroecology; Agriculture
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/145944
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing demands on land between agriculture (SDG 2) and biodiversity (SDG 15). The production of vegetable oils and, in particular, palm oil, illustrates these competing demands and trade-offs. Palm oil accounts for ~40% of the current g...