[HTML][HTML] Oil palm in the 2020s and beyond: challenges and solutions

DJ Murphy, K Goggin, RRM Paterson - CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Background Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is by far the most important global oil crop,
supplying about 40% of all traded vegetable oil. Palm oils are key dietary components …

Utilization of palm oil and its by-products in bio-asphalt and bio-concrete mixtures: A review

AM Al-Sabaeei, A Al-Fakih, S Noura… - … and Building Materials, 2022 - Elsevier
This research aims to discuss the utilization of crude palm oil (CPO) and by-products
obtained from palm oil waste materials as biomaterials for green construction material …

[HTML][HTML] Tree islands enhance biodiversity and functioning in oil palm landscapes

DC Zemp, N Guerrero-Ramirez, F Brambach, K Darras… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract In the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, large knowledge gaps
persist on how to increase biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in cash crop-dominated …

[HTML][HTML] High-resolution global map of smallholder and industrial closed-canopy oil palm plantations

A Descals, S Wich, E Meijaard… - Earth System …, 2020 - essd.copernicus.org
Oil seed crops, especially oil palm, are among the most rapidly expanding agricultural land
uses, and their expansion is known to cause significant environmental damage. Accordingly …

Silk fibroin as a green material

MK DeBari, CI King III, TA Altgold… - … Biomaterials Science & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Silk fibroin has been explored as a suitable biomaterial due to its biocompatibility, tunable
degradability, low toxicity, and mechanical properties. To harness silk fibroin's innate …

[HTML][HTML] Palm oil's contribution to the United Nations sustainable development goals: outcomes of a review of socio-economic aspects

MV Chiriacò, M Bellotta, J Jusić… - Environmental Research …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Palm oil is both the world's most-used vegetable oil and the most criticized for its
environmental impact due to the observed reduction in tropical forest areas for its cultivation …

Cross-sectoral perspectives (chapter 12)

M Babiker, G Berndes, K Blok, B Cohen, A Cowie… - 2022 - pure.iiasa.ac.at
The total emission mitigation potential achievable by the year 2030, calculated based on
sectoral assessments, is sufficient to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions to half of the …

[HTML][HTML] Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices

DLA Gaveau, B Locatelli, MA Salim, Husnayaen… - PloS one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Much concern about tropical deforestation focuses on oil palm plantations, but their impacts
remain poorly quantified. Using nation-wide interpretation of satellite imagery, and sample …

Evaluating the environmental impacts of the multi-feedstock biodiesel production process in Indonesia using life cycle assessment (LCA)

Y Wahyono, H Hadiyanto, SH Gheewala… - Energy Conversion and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Biodiesel production from multiple feedstocks, which is currently being carried out on a
laboratory scale, has the potential to be scaled up on an industrial scale in the future …

[HTML][HTML] Review of smallholder palm oil sustainability reveals limited positive impacts and identifies key implementation and knowledge gaps

Z Ogahara, K Jespersen, I Theilade, MR Nielsen - Land use policy, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract 'Sustainable palm oil'aims to eliminate deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions,
land conflicts and labour abuses from palm oil global value chains while maintaining palm …