“Tanaman perancang” dapat membantu memenuhi kebutuhan minyak sawit global dan...
BALI, Indonesia (29 Februari, 2012)_Para peneliti Malaysia sekarang memiliki kemampuan melacak gen produksi minyak tinggi pada tanaman kelapa sawit, sehingga memungkinkan mereka menciptakan “tanaman...
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New timber tracking tools to bolster global fight against illegal logging
Wood knot/Flickr Wai Tie A new strategy aimed at monitoring the supply chain of timber products using genetic and stable isotope markers will play a vital role in international efforts to combat...
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“Designer plants” help meet demand for palm oil and avoid deforestation
Selective breeding of palm oil plants may help meet global demand for palm oil and avoid deforestation. Ryan Woo/CIFOR BALI, Indonesia (28 February, 2012)_Malaysian scientists now have the ability to...
View ArticleIndonesia burning: CIFOR expert on haze crisis
BOGOR, Indonesia (21 June, 2013)_While Indonesia has taken important steps to ban the use of large-scale fire to clear land, the current haze issues highlight a need to better implement laws to...
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New data on Riau fires generate important insights
BOGOR, Indonesia (2 July 2013)_CIFOR has made an analysis of new satellite imagery for the area in Riau Province, Sumatra, which appears to have been worst affected by recent fires causing haze...
View ArticleInteractive web map makes facts behind Sumatra fires transparent
BOGOR, Indonesia — A new online mapping tool designed to reveal the impact of forest fires burning throughout the Indonesian province of Riau in Sumatra allows users to explore and validate preliminary...
View ArticleOil palm can be made more biodiversity friendly — experts
BOGOR, Indonesia (11 October, 2013) — If notoriously non-biodiverse oil palm plantations are developed only on degraded land, they will cause less damage to biodiversity, advise researchers from the...
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Scientific review shows oil palm plantations hurt biodiversity
BOGOR, Indonesia — New research reveals that oil-palm plantations established on primary or secondary forests are unsuitable habitats for the majority of forest-dwelling native species, a finding that...
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Best of 2014: Book takes long look at a controversial crop
BOGOR, Indonesia—Palm oil was a hot topic in 2014, with demand for—and antipathy toward—the tropical forest commodity reaching record highs (even as palm oil prices hit new lows). A new book...
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“Slash and burn” works, given time and space
It’s long been stigmatized, blamed for destroying forests and releasing greenhouse gases. But, when done properly, shifting cultivation can create natural ecosystems with high biodiversity, rich carbon...
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Delving into drivers of deforestation
Debates over forest loss in Borneo generally focus on the extent to which industrial plantations are to blame: those on the conservation side charge oil palm and pulp and paper for the destruction of...
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New data on Riau fires generate important insights
Indonesia - BOGOR, Indonesia (2 July 2013)_CIFOR has made an analysis of new satellite imagery for the area in Riau Province, Sumatra, which appears to have been worst affected by recent fires causing...
View ArticleInteractive web map makes facts behind Sumatra fires transparent
Indonesia - BOGOR, Indonesia — A new online mapping tool designed to reveal the impact of forest fires burning throughout the Indonesian province of Riau in Sumatra allows users to explore and...
View ArticleOil palm can be made more biodiversity friendly — experts
Asia Pacific - BOGOR, Indonesia (11 October, 2013) — If notoriously non-biodiverse oil palm plantations are developed only on degraded land, they will cause less damage to biodiversity, advise...
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Scientific review shows oil palm plantations hurt biodiversity
BOGOR, Indonesia — New research reveals that oil-palm plantations established on primary or secondary forests are unsuitable habitats for the majority of forest-dwelling native species, a finding that...
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Best of 2014: Book takes long look at a controversial crop
BOGOR, Indonesia—Palm oil was a hot topic in 2014, with demand for—and antipathy toward—the tropical forest commodity reaching record highs (even as palm oil prices hit new lows). A new book...
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“Slash and burn” works, given time and space
Indonesia - It’s long been stigmatized, blamed for destroying forests and releasing greenhouse gases. But, when done properly, shifting cultivation can create natural ecosystems with high...
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Delving into drivers of deforestation
Debates over forest loss in Borneo generally focus on the extent to which industrial plantations are to blame: those on the conservation side charge oil palm and pulp and paper for the destruction of...
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Financing farmers: Can funds for oil palm help save our forests?
Indonesia - Palm oil: people love it, hate it or maybe just use it without even knowing. The controversial vegetable oil is found in thousands of consumer products from soap to lipstick, frozen pizza,...
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New map helps track palm-oil supply chains in Borneo
In 2013, a number of major palm-oil buyers, traders and producers promised to stop clearing natural forests. The global multi-billion-dollar business of palm oil is among the world’s most controversial...
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