Southeast Asia's tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil rising, the urgency for effective restoration strategies in these landscapes has become critical.
Southeast Asia's tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil rising, the urgency for effective restoration strategies in these landscapes has become critical. A long-running experiment has investigated how ecological restoration promotes biodiversity recovery in oil palm plantations in Sumatra.
The study highlights that tree islands accelerate the natural regeneration of native species, through the establishment of species from seeds that have arrived for example by wind or bird. This process enhances functional and evolutionary diversity, both crucial for building resilient ecosystems capable of withstanding climate change.
This research was made possible thanks to the German Research Foundation through the Collaborative Research Centre"Ecological and Socio-economic Functions of Tropical Lowland Rainforest Transformation Systems ."Gustavo B. Paterno, Fabian Brambach, Nathaly Guerrero-Ramírez, Delphine Clara Zemp, Aiza F. Cantillo, Nicolò Camarretta, Carina C. M. Moura, Oliver Gailing, Johannes Ballauff, Andrea Polle, Michael Schlund, Stefan Erasmi, Najeeb A.
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