Most palm oil currently available in global markets is sourced from certified large-scale
plantations. Comparatively little is sourced from (typically uncertified) smallholders. We …

The expansion of the oil palm industry in Indonesia has improved livelihoods in rural
communities, but comes at the cost of biodiversity and ecosystem degradation. Here, we …

Oil palm plantations are intensively managed agricultural systems that increasingly
dominate certain tropical regions. Oil palm monocultures have been criticized because of …

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is among the fastest expanding crops, due to high global
demand for vegetable oils. Large areas of forest are converted into oil palm plantation to …

Oil palm is the most productive vegetable oil crop per unit area and is crucial to the economy
of developing countries such as Malaysia and Indonesia. However, it is also highly …

Bird‐and bat‐mediated biocontrol benefits the productivity of tropical commodity crops such
as cacao, but the ecological interactions driving these ecosystem services remain poorly …

The reliance of conventional oil palm production on agrochemicals to control understory
vegetation has caused devastating impacts on the environment. Overuse of chemical …

Predicting the resilience of biodiversity-driven functions in agroecosystems to drivers of
environmental change (EC) is of critical importance to ensure long-term and environmentally …

Agricultural intensification is a major driver of biodiversity loss, but the majority of studies
highlighting these threats come from industrialised agriculture in temperate countries of the …

Biodiversity has been devastated globally in the past hundred years, largely because of land
conversion and agricultural intensification. Conversion of tropical forest to oil palm …