Authors:
Susan Waldron, Stephanie Evers, Ralph Burton and Rory Padfield
Book:
Proceedings of the 15th International Peat Congress
Venue:
Kuching
Keywords:
management-practices, oil-palm, peat, soil-moisture, sustainable
Documentfile:
ipc16p164a289waldronevers.etal_.pdf
Summary:
Oil palm is a crop highly valued for its oil. Land conversion to host oil palm is proceeding rapidly due to the economic value in supplying the food and biofuels market. Large and adjacent plantations are transforming the landscape globally, but particularly in Malaysia where the footprint of plantation area has increased by 900% since 1975. Malaysia currently accounts for 39% of world palm oil production and 44% of world exports. For this, areas of native tropical forests have been cleared and drained, including those on peatland swamps, such that nationalforest cover in oil palm producing areas has declined considerably…