Impacts of Oil Palm Cultivation
Oil Palm Plantations: Effects on Ecosystem Functions
Task 6: Look at the effect of oil palm plantations
on each ecosystem function.
If you think oil palm plantations have a positive effect, give
a “+” sign
If you think they have a negative effect, give a “-” sign
Click on the box to switch between “+” and “-” sign
Figure 19: Net effects on ecosystem functions of oil palm plantations. Net effects do not imply that all effects on a given ecosystem function are positive or negative, but that the majority or most dominant effects are in the given direction. Estimates of net effect direction and correlation are qualitative and are based on the synthesis of literature presented in Dislich et al.[23]
