Visual guide to boosting biodiversity in palm oil landscapes

At the end of 2024  IUCN NL will launch a visual guide to boosting biodiversity in palm oil landscapes. It should be seen as an additional tool to current No Peat, No deforestation, No Exploitation policies,  legislation to protect nature, or sustainability standards like RSPO. What to do with palm oil plantations already there? Are they a lost case for biodiversity now?  We cannot and need not take that as a given. Established agrocommodity landscapes – including with palm oil- should play their role to not only protect but also enhance biodiversity. 

Header photo: Cover Boosting Biodiversity/IUCN NL, image via Creativa Images

That is what this visual guide is about, bringing together the latest insights. We do so by drawing on scientific literature and reviews, and learnings from company and NGO case studies.

Main author: Thijs Pasmans, illustrator Daphne van den Heuvel.

To express your interest leave a message at heleen.vandenhombergh@iucn.nl