Oil palm scenarios (IMAGE)

African Plant Nutrition Institute

Oil palm scenarios

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The top figure represents expected changes in low-C and high C land area conversion to oil palm production associated with three different development scenarios designed to match productive capacity with projected demand for Indonesia crude palm oil by 2035. The bottom figure shows the magnitude of Global Warming Potential (GWP) associated with each development scenario.

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Adapted from Monzon et al. 2021

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