The Conservation Research Instiute's Professor Ed Turner and Professor Lynn Dicks attended the 7th International Conference on Oil Palm and the Environment, in Bali, Indonesia in February. The theme of the conference was 'Oil palm agro-ecological transformation: towards climate- and nature-positive agriculture'.
This conference is an important platform for academics, scientists, government officials, financial institutions, industry players, and NGOs to discuss approaches to make oil palm cultivation more sustainable and to reduce its negative impact on the environment.
Read the original news item by Abigail Youngman on the Department of Zoology's website:
https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/news/7th-international-conference-oil-palm-and-environment