Palm oil has been widely criticised for its high environmental impacts, leading to calls to replace it with alternative vegetable oils in food and cosmetic products. However, substituting palm oil would be environmentally beneficial only if the environmental footprint per litre oil were lower than those of alternative vegetable oils. Whether this is the case is not obvious, given the high oil yields of oil palm of up to 10 times those of alternative crops. Here, we combine global agricultural and environmental datasets to show that, among the world’s seven major vegetable oil crops (oil palm, soybean, rapeseed, sunflower, groundnut, coconut, olive), oil palm has the lowest average species richness and carbon footprint associated with an ann...
We all use palm oil in our daily life. In fact, approximately half of the packaged products in super...
The intrinsic characteristics of the oil crops which can potentially be grown in a given area are th...
Oil palm, currently the world’s main vegetable oil crop, is characterised by a large productivity an...
Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing demands on land between agric...
Most palm oil currently available in global markets is sourced from certified large-scale plantation...
Oil palm (Elaeis spp.) is one of the world’s most rapidly expanding crops. Especially prevalent in ...
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a uniquely valuable palm as source of low-cost vegetable oil. Howeve...
<div><p>Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase...
The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, ...
Intensive cultivation and post-harvest vegetable oil production stages are major sources of greenhou...
The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, ...
The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, ...
The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, ...
The oil palm (Elaies guineensis Jacq) is the largest produced and highly traded vegetable oil global...
Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is by far the most important global oil crop, supplying about 40\\% of ...
We all use palm oil in our daily life. In fact, approximately half of the packaged products in super...
The intrinsic characteristics of the oil crops which can potentially be grown in a given area are th...
Oil palm, currently the world’s main vegetable oil crop, is characterised by a large productivity an...
Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing demands on land between agric...
Most palm oil currently available in global markets is sourced from certified large-scale plantation...
Oil palm (Elaeis spp.) is one of the world’s most rapidly expanding crops. Especially prevalent in ...
Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a uniquely valuable palm as source of low-cost vegetable oil. Howeve...
<div><p>Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase...
The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, ...
Intensive cultivation and post-harvest vegetable oil production stages are major sources of greenhou...
The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, ...
The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, ...
The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, ...
The oil palm (Elaies guineensis Jacq) is the largest produced and highly traded vegetable oil global...
Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis, is by far the most important global oil crop, supplying about 40\\% of ...
We all use palm oil in our daily life. In fact, approximately half of the packaged products in super...
The intrinsic characteristics of the oil crops which can potentially be grown in a given area are th...
Oil palm, currently the world’s main vegetable oil crop, is characterised by a large productivity an...