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The Lodge
About: The Lodge is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Population & Biodiversity. The organization has 258 authors who have published 394 publications receiving 17100 citations.
Topics: Population, Biodiversity, Threatened species, Habitat, Woodland
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the impacts on biodiversity of organic farming, relative to conventional agriculture, through a review of comparative studies of the two systems, in order to determine whether it can deliver on the biodiversity benefits its proponents claim.
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TL;DR: Large biodiversity losses will only be averted if future oil palm expansion is managed to avoid deforestation, and strong overlap between areas suitable for oil palm and those of most importance for biodiversity is reviewed.
Abstract: Oil palm is one of the world's most rapidly increasing crops. We assess its contribution to tropical deforestation and review its biodiversity value. Oil palm has replaced large areas of forest in Southeast Asia, but land-cover change statistics alone do not allow an assessment of where it has driven forest clearance and where it has simply followed it. Oil palm plantations support much fewer species than do forests and often also fewer than other tree crops. Further negative impacts include habitat fragmentation and pollution, including greenhouse gas emissions. With rising demand for vegetable oils and biofuels, and strong overlap between areas suitable for oil palm and those of most importance for biodiversity, substantial biodiversity losses will only be averted if future oil palm expansion is managed to avoid deforestation.
1,235 citations
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United Nations Environment Programme1, Dalhousie University2, Bedford Institute of Oceanography3, Queen's University4, American Museum of Natural History5, BirdLife International6, University of Paris-Sud7, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency8, United Nations9, Utrecht University10, University of British Columbia11, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development12, The Lodge13, Marine Stewardship Council14, Global Biodiversity Information Facility15, University of Wisconsin-Madison16, University of Queensland17, Zoological Society of London18, Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg19, International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources20, College of William & Mary21, Sapienza University of Rome22, University of Sussex23, Environment Agency24, University of Vienna25, Microsoft26
TL;DR: A comprehensive mid-term assessment of progress toward 20 biodiversity-related “Aichi Targets” to be achieved within a decade is provided using 55 indicator data sets and pinpoints the problems and areas that will need the most attention in the next few years.
Abstract: In 2010, the international community, under the auspices of the Convention on Biological Diversity, agreed on 20 biodiversity-related “Aichi Targets” to be achieved within a decade. We provide a comprehensive mid-term assessment of progress toward these global targets using 55 indicator data sets. We projected indicator trends to 2020 using an adaptive statistical framework that incorporated the specific properties of individual time series. On current trajectories, results suggest that despite accelerating policy and management responses to the biodiversity crisis, the impacts of these efforts are unlikely to be reflected in improved trends in the state of biodiversity by 2020. We highlight areas of societal endeavor requiring additional efforts to achieve the Aichi Targets, and provide a baseline against which to assess future progress.
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TL;DR: Reducing deforestation is likely to represent a more effective climate-change mitigation strategy than converting forest for biofuel production, and it may help nations meet their international commitments to reduce biodiversity loss.
Abstract: The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural commodities, including oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) Oil-palm plantations cover over 13 million ha, primarily in Southeast Asia, where they have directly or indirectly replaced tropical rainforest We explored the impact of the spread of oil-palm plantations on greenhouse gas emission and biodiversity We assessed changes in carbon stocks with changing land use and compared this with the amount of fossil-fuel carbon emission avoided through its replacement by biofuel carbon We estimated it would take between 75 and 93 years for the carbon emissions saved through use of biofuel to compensate for the carbon lost through forest conversion, depending on how the forest was cleared If the original habitat was peatland, carbon balance would take more than 600 years Conversely, planting oil palms on degraded grassland would lead to a net removal of carbon within 10 years These estimates have associated uncertainty, but their magnitude and relative proportions seem credible We carried out a meta-analysis of published faunal studies that compared forest with oil palm We found that plantations supported species-poor communities containing few forest species Because no published data on flora were available, we present results from our sampling of plants in oil palm and forest plots in Indonesia Although the species richness of pteridophytes was higher in plantations, they held few forest species Trees, lianas, epiphytic orchids, and indigenous palms were wholly absent from oil-palm plantations The majority of individual plants and animals in oil-palm plantations belonged to a small number of generalist species of low conservation concern As countries strive to meet obligations to reduce carbon emissions under one international agreement (Kyoto Protocol), they may not only fail to meet their obligations under another (Convention on Biological Diversity) but may actually hasten global climate change Reducing deforestation is likely to represent a more effective climate-change mitigation strategy than converting forest for biofuel production, and it may help nations meet their international commitments to reduce biodiversity loss
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Name | H-index | Papers | Citations |
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Rhys E. Green | 78 | 285 | 30428 |
Richard D. Gregory | 61 | 165 | 18428 |
Deborah J. Pain | 46 | 99 | 6717 |
Jeremy D. Wilson | 45 | 123 | 12587 |
Richard B. Bradbury | 42 | 113 | 8062 |
Paul F. Donald | 41 | 117 | 11153 |
Geoff M. Hilton | 32 | 88 | 3323 |
David W. Gibbons | 32 | 52 | 8647 |
Norman Ratcliffe | 31 | 102 | 2526 |
Paul E. Bellamy | 30 | 76 | 3348 |
Mark Bolton | 30 | 94 | 3336 |
Ruud P. B. Foppen | 30 | 78 | 5560 |
Steffen Oppel | 29 | 121 | 2950 |
Shelley A. Hinsley | 29 | 82 | 3309 |
Arjun Amar | 29 | 122 | 3202 |