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Strategies and alliances needed to protect forest from palm-oil industry

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Lian Pin Koh and David S. Wilcove propose in their Commentary 'Cashing in palm oil for conservation' (Nature 448, 993–994; 2007) that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should purchase and operate oil-palm plantations, and that they should use the revenue generated to expand the network of private reserves in Indonesia and Malaysia.

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  1. The Ecology Centre, School of Integrative Biology, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Queensland, 4072, Australia

    Oscar Venter

  2. The Nature Conservancy, Tropical Forest Initiative and Orangutan Conservation Services Program, Balikpapan, East Kalimantan, 76100, Indonesia

    Erik Meijaard

  3. The Nature Conservancy, 60 Leicester Street, Carlton, 3053, Australia

    Kerrie Wilson

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