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Recent expansion of oil palm plantations into carbon-rich forests

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  • Yidi Xu

    (Tsinghua University)

  • Le Yu

    (Tsinghua University
    Tsinghua University)

  • Philippe Ciais

    (Universite Paris-Saclay)

  • Wei Li

    (Tsinghua University
    Tsinghua University)

  • Maurizio Santoro

    (Gamma Remote Sensing)

  • Hui Yang

    (Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry)

  • Peng Gong

    (The University of Hong Kong)

Abstract

Deforestation arising from oil palm expansion in the tropics poses threats to forest ecosystem services. Using high-resolution satellite maps, we show that oil palm expansion into forests in Indonesia and Malaysia during 2001–2015 caused a forest biomass loss of 50.2 ± 21.9 TgC yr−1. Large-scale plantations dominated the expansion area. But the encroachment of oil palm plantations from low to high biomass density forests is particularly obvious for small-scale plantations after 2007. This work provides new data for targeting policies to restrict oil palm encroachment into carbon-rich regions, including into protected areas.

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  • Yidi Xu & Le Yu & Philippe Ciais & Wei Li & Maurizio Santoro & Hui Yang & Peng Gong, 2022. "Recent expansion of oil palm plantations into carbon-rich forests," Nature Sustainability, Nature, vol. 5(7), pages 574-577, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natsus:v:5:y:2022:i:7:d:10.1038_s41893-022-00872-1
    DOI: 10.1038/s41893-022-00872-1
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