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My desk at @mongabay.com has also published abt rubber #agroforestry before: news.mongabay.com/2024/07/agro...
Even #palmoil can be grown sustainably like this ~ here a researcher told me about higher yields on demonstration farms w/ more kgs of fruit per palm vs deforestation-driving monocultures:
Even #palmoil can be grown sustainably like this ~ here a researcher told me about higher yields on demonstration farms w/ more kgs of fruit per palm vs deforestation-driving monocultures:
Can palm oil be grown sustainably? Agroforestry research suggests it can, and without chemicals
A recent investigation by Mongabay demonstrated that oil palm plantations in the Amazon do not appear to be ‘green’ as the Brazilian government terms them, but rather are associated with deforestation...
news.mongabay.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:30 PM
My desk at @mongabay.com has also published abt rubber #agroforestry before: news.mongabay.com/2024/07/agro...
Even #palmoil can be grown sustainably like this ~ here a researcher told me about higher yields on demonstration farms w/ more kgs of fruit per palm vs deforestation-driving monocultures:
Even #palmoil can be grown sustainably like this ~ here a researcher told me about higher yields on demonstration farms w/ more kgs of fruit per palm vs deforestation-driving monocultures: