Over the past decade, the Brazilian government has actively promoted oil palm in the
Amazon biome as an alternative biodiesel feedstock to soy. Because of oil palm's …

Looking beyond a normative analysis of oil palm expansion, this paper offers a nuanced
analysis of landscape transformations in the Brazilian Amazonian region of Tomé-Açu …

There is still no consensus on the true origin of fatal yellowing, one of the most important
diseases affecting oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plantations. This study involved two …

Palma). hese initiatives have produced guidelines for sector expansion by, for example,
restricting oil palm cultivation to deforested areas and introducing credit incentives to …

The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a very important source of vegetable oil worldwide. While
oil palm cultivation is not currently economically significant in Brazil, there is immense …