A review of the ecosystem functions in oil palm plantations, using forests as a reference system

C Dislich, AC Keyel, J Salecker, Y Kisel… - Biological …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly in recent decades. This large‐scale land‐use
change has had great ecological, economic, and social impacts on both the areas converted …

Oil palm expansion transforms tropical landscapes and livelihoods

J Sayer, J Ghazoul, P Nelson, AK Boedhihartono - Global Food Security, 2012 - Elsevier
Oil palm is a highly profitable crop adapted to the humid tropics and the area devoted to this
crop is likely to expand significantly in the future. It has many environmentally favourable …

Spatiotemporal behavioral plasticity of wild boar (Sus scrofa) under contrasting conditions of human pressure: primeval forest and metropolitan area

T Podgórski, G Baś, B Jędrzejewska… - Journal of …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of sex and age of individuals, season, and
human pressure (both human presence and habitat structure) on spatiotemporal behavior of …

Oil palm production, instrumental and relational values: the public relations battle for hearts, heads, and hands along the value chain

B Lusiana, M Slingerland, A Miccolis… - Current Opinion in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Highlights•Large-scale oil palm monoculture production in tropical forest habitats meets
strong objections.•Instrumental, relational and intrinsic values of nature are at risk.•The oil …

Conservation and the social sciences: Beyond critique and co‐optation. A case study from orangutan conservation

L Chua, ME Harrison, H Fair, S Milne… - People and …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Interactions between conservation and the social sciences are frequently characterized by
either critique (of conservation by social scientists) or co‐optation (of social scientific …

Land-cover changes predict steep declines for the Sumatran orangutan (Pongo abelii)

SA Wich, I Singleton, MG Nowak, SS Utami Atmoko… - Science …, 2016 - science.org
Positive news about Sumatran orangutans is rare. The species is critically endangered
because of forest loss and poaching, and therefore, determining the impact of future land …

Understanding the impacts of land-use policies on a threatened species: is there a future for the Bornean orang-utan?

SA Wich, D Gaveau, N Abram, M Ancrenaz, A Baccini… - PloS one, 2012 - journals.plos.org
The geographic distribution of Bornean orang-utans and its overlap with existing land-use
categories (protected areas, logging and plantation concessions) is a necessary foundation …

Of Pongo, palms and perceptions: a multidisciplinary assessment of Bornean orang-utans Pongo pygmaeus in an oil palm context

M Ancrenaz, F Oram, L Ambu, I Lackman, E Ahmad… - Oryx, 2015 - cambridge.org
The oil palm industry is blamed for the demise of iconic species such as the orang-utan
Pongo pygmaeus in Borneo but production of, and demand for, this commodity continue to …

Not by science alone: why orangutan conservationists must think outside the box

E Meijaard, S Wich, M Ancrenaz… - Annals of the New York …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Orangutan survival is threatened by habitat loss and illegal killing. Most wild populations will
disappear over the next few decades unless threats are abated. Saving orangutans is …

Raiders of the lost bark: Orangutan foraging strategies in a degraded landscape

G Campbell-Smith, M Campbell-Smith, I Singleton… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Deforestation is rapidly transforming primary forests across the tropics into human-
dominated landscapes. Consequently, conservationists need to understand how different …