| Oil palm concessions in southern Myanmar consist mostly of unconverted forest | |
| Nomura, Keiko; Mitchard, Edward T. A.; Patenaude, Genevieve; Bastide, Joan1; Oswald, Patrick2; Nwe, Thazin3 | |
| 2019 | |
| Source Publication | SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
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| ISSN | 2045-2322 |
| Volume | 9Issue:xPages:- |
| Abstract | The increased demand for palm oil has led to an expansion of oil palm concessions in the tropics, and the clearing of abundant forest as a result. However, concessions are typically incompletely planted to varying degrees, leaving much land unused. The remaining forests within such concessions are at high risk of deforestation, as there are normally no legal hurdles to their clearance, therefore making them excellent targets for conservation. We investigated the location of oil palm plantations and the other major crop - rubber plantations in southern Myanmar, and compared them to concession boundaries. Our results show that rubber plantations cover much larger areas than oil palm in the region, indicating that rubber is the region's preferred crop. Furthermore, only 15% of the total concession area is currently planted with oil palm (49,000 ha), while 25,000 ha is planted outside concession boundaries. While this may in part be due to uncertain and/or changing boundaries, this leaves most of the concession area available for other land uses, including forest conservation and communities' livelihood needs. Reconsidering the remaining concession areas can also significantly reduce future emission risks from the region. |
| Subject Area | Science & Technology - Other Topics |
| DOI | 10.1038/s41598-019-48443-3 |
| Indexed By | SCI |
| Language | 英语 |
| WOS ID | WOS:000480680800045 |
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| Document Type | 期刊论文 |
| Identifier | https://ir.xtbg.ac.cn/handle/353005/11473 |
| Collection | 支撑系统 |
| Affiliation | 1.Univ Edinburgh, Sch GeoSci, Edinburgh EH9 3FF, Midlothian, Scotland 2.Univ Bern, CDE, Hallerstr 10, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland 3.OneMap Myanmar, 2 New Univ Yeik Mon,New Univ Ave, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Xishuangbanna Trop Bot Garden, Ctr Integrat Conservat, Biodivers Conservat Grp, Xishuangbanna 666303, Yunnan, Peoples R China |
| Recommended Citation GB/T 7714 | Nomura, Keiko,Mitchard, Edward T. A.,Patenaude, Genevieve,et al. Oil palm concessions in southern Myanmar consist mostly of unconverted forest[J]. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,2019,9(x):-. |
| APA | Nomura, Keiko,Mitchard, Edward T. A.,Patenaude, Genevieve,Bastide, Joan,Oswald, Patrick,&Nwe, Thazin.(2019).Oil palm concessions in southern Myanmar consist mostly of unconverted forest.SCIENTIFIC REPORTS,9(x),-. |
| MLA | Nomura, Keiko,et al."Oil palm concessions in southern Myanmar consist mostly of unconverted forest".SCIENTIFIC REPORTS 9.x(2019):-. |
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