Sustainable Oil Palm Development on Degraded Land in Kalimantan
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چکیده
Oil palm is expected to make a significant contribution to the predicted two-fold increase in demand for vegetable oils over the next forty years. Given the current expansion of the oil palm, there is much debate on the sustainability of oil palm due to deforestation and habitat destruction that is occurring in Indonesia, raising serious concerns regarding the sustainability of this cultivation. Many have called for expansion on “degraded lands” as well as increasing yields on existing cultivations. Production can be increased by a combination of area expansion and yield intensification.
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