Nature Communications (Jan 2019)

Oil palm expansion and deforestation in Southwest Cameroon associated with proliferation of informal mills

  • Elsa M. Ordway,
  • Rosamond L. Naylor,
  • Raymond N. Nkongho,
  • Eric F. Lambin

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07915-2
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Deforestation for palm oil production is often attributed to large-scale, agro-industrial expansion. Here, Ordway et al. show that much recent expansion in Southwest Cameroon can be attributed to an informal sector of non-industrial producers establishing near informal, non-industrial palm oil mills.