Expanding oil palm cultivation in Indonesia: changing local water cycles raises risks of droughts and floods
Merten, Jennifer / Alexander Röll / Surya Tarigan / Dirk Hölscher / Jonas Hein (2017)
Briefing Paper 1/2017
Oil palm cultivation is expanding rapidly across the globe. Current discussions on ecological impacts focus on the destruction of forests, greenhouse gas emissions and biodiversity loss. Little attention has been paid to concerns that oil palm expansion has severe impacts on local water resources.