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  5. Promoting biodiversity in sustainable oil-palm landscapes for West African smallholders

Research project

Promoting biodiversity in sustainable oil-palm landscapes for West African smallholders

  • Start date: 1 April 2016
  • End date: 31 March 2019
  • Funder: DEFRA - Darwin Initiative
  • Primary investigator: Professor Guy Ziv

By promoting best agricultural practice that boosts yields, minimises environmental damage and supports RSPO-certification, this project will increase incomes and welfare of Ghanaian oil-palm smallholders, provide multiple co-benefits for biodiversity of birds and insects in oil-palm and adjacent rainforest, and ensure robust land-use planning leading to protection of high-conservation-value rainforest.