Module I:Impacts of Oil Palm Cultivation - How to Reconcile Human Welfare and the Environment
Module IImpacts of Oil Palm Cultivation - How to Reconcile Human Welfare and the Environment
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Suitability and Density of Oil Palm Cultivation in Southeast Asia
Infoslide: Land-Use Change on Sumatra
Task 3: Analyze the diagram on this page with a focus on oil palm plantations. Outline 1-2 possible key message(s) each from your point of view.
Figure 8: Changes in landscapes in Jambi Province, Indonesia, from 1990 to 2011. Rainforest (dark green diamonds), rubber (light green circles), oil palm (red squares), shrub/bushland (grey up-pointing triangles), and ‘other’ (blue down-pointing triangles). ‘Other’ includes food crops, timber and fruit tree plantations[6].
