RT null T1 Oil Palm Plantations: Threats and Opportunities for Tropical Ecosystems - UNEP Global Environmental Alert Service (GEAS) - December 2011 A1 United Nations Environment Programme, K1 palm oil K1 plantation K1 ecosystem K1 tropical forest K1 climate change YR 2011 FD 2011 LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32263 UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/32263 NO An international commodity used for food, household and industrial purposes, oil palm is cultivated on approximately 15 million ha worldwide. As global demand for palm oil is expected to double by 2020, researchers have broadly studied the varying environmental threats arising from increased oil palm production. DS UN Environment Document Repository RD Sep 17, 2026