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Gotta Get Them Bugs - Black Soldier Fly Larvae and Their Potential to Replace Palm Oil.

Published online: 23 Jan 2025

Published by: UK, Tunley Environmental

Authors: Davies, G. & Garraty, T.

Content type: White paper

The aim of this study was to investigate the potential of black soldier fly larvae (BSFL) oil as a sustainable alternative to palm oil, focusing on it...

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Modelling environmental and socio-economic trade-offs associated with land-sparing and land-sharing approaches to oil palm expansion.

Published online: 08 Oct 2014

Authors: Lee SerHuay [Lee, S. H. J. ] & Garcia-Ulloa, J. & Ghazoul, J. & Obidzinski, K. & Koh LianPin

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The effectiveness of land-sharing and land-sparing approaches has been widely debated. Yet, few studies quantify the environmental and socio-economic ...

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Tree performance in a biodiversity enrichment experiment in an oil palm landscape.

Published online: 21 Jul 2020

Authors: Zemp, D. C. & Gérard, A. & Hölscher, D. & Ammer, C. & Irawan, B. & Sundawati, L. & Teuscher, M. & Kreft, H.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Large-scale conversion of tropical forests into oil palm monocultures has led to dramatic losses of biodiversity and ecosystem functions. While ecolog...

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Assessing the effects of oil palm replanting on arthropod biodiversity.

Published online: 06 Mar 2021

Authors: Pashkevich, M. D. & Aryawan, A. A. K. & Luke, S. H. & Dupérré, N. & Waters, H. S. & Caliman, J. P. & Naim, M. & Turner, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Palm oil is the most traded vegetable oil worldwide. Production is concentrated in Southeast Asia, where established oil palm plantations dominate the...

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Can oil palm plantations be made more hospitable for forest butterflies and birds?

Published online: 29 Oct 2008

Authors: Koh, L. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Rising global demand for palm oil is likely to exacerbate deforestation rates in oil palm-producing countries. This will lead to a net reduction in bi...

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Managing Neotropical oil palm expansion to retain phylogenetic diversity.

Published online: 03 Feb 2016

Authors: Prescott, G. W. & Gilroy, J. J. & Haugaasen, T. & Uribe, C. A. M. & Foster, W. A. & Edwards, D. P.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

The expansion of tropical agriculture is a major driver of the extinction crisis. A key question is whether biodiversity losses can be minimized by re...

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Riparian reserves help protect forest bird communities in oil palm dominated landscapes.

Published online: 29 May 2019

Authors: Mitchell, S. L. & Edwards, D. P. & Bernard, H. & Coomes, D. & Jucker, T. & Davies, Z. G. & Struebig, M. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Conversion of forest to oil palm agriculture is a significant and ongoing threat to tropical biodiversity. Despite this, little is known about the val...

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Movement of forest-dependent dung beetles through riparian buffers in Bornean oil palm plantations.

Published online: 15 Feb 2022

Authors: Gray, R. E. J. & Rodriguez, L. F. & Lewis, O. T. & Chung, A. Y. C. & Ovaskainen, O. & Slade, E. M.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Journal of Applied Ecology

Fragmentation of tropical forests is increasing globally, with negative impacts for biodiversity. In Southeast Asia, expansion of oil palm agriculture...

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Strengthening social inclusion within oil palm contract farming in the Brazilian Amazon.

Published online: 16 May 2018

Authors: Brandão, F. & Schoneveld, G. & Pacheco, P.

Content type: Bulletin

Drawing on key informant interviews and surveys with participants and non-participants of oil palm contract farming schemes in Brazil's largest oil pa...

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Maintaining understory vegetation in oil palm plantations supports higher assassin bug numbers.

Published online: 22 Apr 2024

Authors: Stone, J. & Advento, A. D. & Pashkevich, M. D. & Aryawan, A. A. K. & Caliman, J. P. & Hood, A. S. C. & Foster, W. A. & Naim, M. & Pujianto & Purnomo, D. & Suhardi & Tarigan, R. S. & Rambe, T. D. S. & Widodo, R. H. & Luke, S. H. & Snaddon, J. L. & Turner, E. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: Ecological Solutions and Evidence

The expansion of oil palm agriculture across Southeast Asia has caused significant biodiversity losses, with the reduction in habitat heterogeneity th...

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