How will oil palm expansion affect biodiversity?

By E. Fitzherbert, M. Struebig, A. Morel, F. Danielsen, C. Brühl, P. Donald, B. Phalan. Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Global and Planetary Change

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Primate responses to anthropogenic habitat disturbance: A pantropical meta-analysis (2017, background): “Oil palm plantations are largely incompatible with forest-dwelling species (Danielsen and Heegaard, 1995; Fitzherbert et al., 2008) representing a major threat to primates, which is especially alarming in Southeast Asia, where ~80% of all primate species are threatened with extinction (Cotton et al.”
Renewable energy and biodiversity: Implications for transitioning to a Green Economy (2017, background): “Oil palm cultivation in Southeast Asia has mainly replaced primary/secondary tropical forests rather than agricultural land [208], potentially taking a significant toll on biodiversity [198,209,210] as oil palm plantation are less hospitable to a wide range of species [211–215].”
The impact of forest conversion to oil palm on arthropod abundance and biomass in Sabah, Malaysia (2009, background): “Conversion to oil palm has been shown to have a negative impact on overall biodiversity (Fitzherbert et al. 2008) as well as on the richness and diversity of specific arthropod taxa including beetles (Chung et al. 1Corresponding author.”
Oil Palm Boom and Land-Use Dynamics in Indonesia: The Role of Policies and Socioeconomic Factors (2015, background): “Oil palm expansion is often held responsible for deforestation, biodiversity loss, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and conflicts over land rights between oil palm companies and local communities (Curran et al., 2004; Fitzherbert et al., 2008; Koh and Wilcove, 2008; Rist et al., 2010; Wilcove and”
Wildlife‐friendly oil palm plantations fail to protect biodiversity effectively (2010, background): “How to make oil palm a more environmentally friendly crop is therefore a critical conservation question (Fitzherbert et al. 2008; Koh et al. 2009).”
The livelihood impacts of oil palm: smallholders in Indonesia (2010, background): “There is now little doubt that unregulated oil palm expansion poses a serious threat to tropical ecosystems, biodiversity and potentially the global climate (Koh and Wilcove 2007, 2008, 2009; Koh and Ghazoul 2008; Fitzherbert et al. 2008; Fargione et al. 2008).”
Fuelling the biodiversity crisis: species loss of ground-dwelling forest ants in oil palm plantations in Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo) (2010, background): “However, to date studies addressing this topic are few (Fitzherbert et al. 2008; Koh and Wilcove 2008; Turner et al. 2008).”
Reconnecting to the Biosphere (2011, background): “The widespread expansion of palm oil plantations, a current example, is predominantly taking place in tropical regions in South and Central America, West Africa and especially in Malaysia and Indonesia (Fitzherbert et al. 2008).”