Deforestation risks posed by oil palm expansion in the Peruvian Amazon
Further expansion of agriculture in the tropics is likely to accelerate the loss of biodiversity. One crop of concern to conservation is African oil palm ( Elaeis guineensis ). We examined recent deforestation associated with oil palm in the Peruvian Amazon within the context of the region’s other c...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Environmental Research Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aae540 |