Seeing the forest through the palms: developments in environmentally sustainable palm oil production and zero-deforestation efforts

Palm oil is produced on plantations primarily in Indonesia and Malaysia, which, historically, have been responsible for significant tropical deforestation and ecosystem loss. Driven by a shift away from hydrogenated vegetable oils and its high productivity, palm oil is now part of more than half of...

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Published in:Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Main Authors: Rosemary Ostfeld, David M. Reiner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2024-06-01
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fsufs.2024.1398877/full