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Can REDD make natural forests competitive with oil palm? [1]

In less than a generation oil palm cultivation has emerged as a leading form of land use in tropical forests, especially in Southeast Asia. Rising global demand for edible oils, coupled with the crop

Publication Date: 
01/01/2010
Lian Pin Koh [2], Rhett A. Butler [3]
ITTO Tropical Forest Update [4]
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Forests [5], Oil Palm [6], Forest Conservation [7], Climate Change [8], Trade [9], Indonesia [10], Malaysia [11], REDD [12]

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[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/rhett-butler
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/itto-tropical-forest-update
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/oil-palm
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[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/climate-change
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trade
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[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/malaysia
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