The conversion of natural forest to oil palm plantation is a major current threat to the
conservation of biodiversity in South East Asia. Most animal taxa decrease in both species …

Southeast Asia experiences one of the highest rates of deforestation in the tropics due to
agricultural expansion, logging, habitat fragmentation and urbanization, which are expected …

Ecology Letters (2011) 14: 582–590 Abstract The potential for parallel impacts of habitat
change on multiple biodiversity levels has important conservation implications. We report on …

Abstract In Southeast Asia, large-scale conversion of rainforest to oil palm plantations is one
of the major causes of biodiversity declines. Recommendations for reducing species losses …

Large areas of tropical forest now exist as remnants scattered across agricultural
landscapes, and so understanding the impacts of forest fragmentation is important for …

Protected areas (PAs) are key for conserving rainforest species, but many PAs are becoming
increasingly isolated within agricultural landscapes, which may have detrimental …

On November 4th 2009, a resolution was adopted at the 6th General Assembly of the
Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) on the ǮEstablishment of a working group to …

In many cases, the designation of Protected Areas (PAs) is not based on biological
information, particularly in tropical regions where such information is generally lacking. Thus …

Agricultural expansion is one of the major drivers of tropical biodiversity loss worldwide
(Foley et al., 2005; Green et al., 2005). Oil palm cultivation is among the main culprits, owing …

Habitat loss and fragmentation as a consequence of human activities is a worldwide
phenomenon and one of the major threats to global biodiversity. Habitat loss and …