Erik Meijaard is a conservation scientist best known for his work on orangutans, tropical land-use, and the sustainability of vegetable oils. He is Managing Director of Borneo Futures, a science ...
GROUPE DE COMMISSION DE L'UICN
IUCN Oil Crops Inter-Commission
Vue d'ensemble et description
Description:
Vegetable oil crops, the main focus of the Oil Crops Task Force, cover some 425 mha of agricultural land. Crops like oil palm are considered a threat to over 300 species listed as Vulnerable ...
Leadership de groupe
Prof Erik MEIJAARD
Co-Chair
Erik Meijaard is a conservation scientist best known for his work on orangutans, tropical land-use, and the sustainability of vegetable oils. He is Managing Director of Borneo Futures, a science-driven consultancy he co-founded to improve conservation outcomes in Southeast Asia, and he serves as an Honorary Professor with the University of Kent’s Durrell Institute of Conservation & Ecology.
Since the early 1990s Meijaard has lived and worked across Borneo and wider Indonesia, combining field ecology with policy and private-sector advising. He helped shape debate on palm oil and other oil crops as co-chair (and earlier, chair) of the IUCN Oil Crops (formerly Oil Palm) Task Force, which assesses cross-crop sustainability trade-offs and routes to better production.
Meijaard’s research spans wildlife ecology, forestry, and conservation planning, with influential studies on great-ape declines. He co-authored the landmark 2018 Current Biology analysis showing that more than 100,000 Bornean orangutans were lost from 1999–2015, work that reframed how hunting, logging, and land conversion interact to drive population change. He has also published on the historical range and drivers of decline for the Tapanuli orangutan.
En savoir plus sur le groupe de travail
Le Groupe de travail sur les cultures oléagineuses (OCTF) a pour objectif d'alimenter le débat sur la durabilité des cultures oléagineuses, en utilisant les dernières recherches et informations scientifiques, et de donner des conseils, par exemple à l'UICN, sur ses politiques et stratégies qui affectent ou sont affectées par le palmier à huile et d'autres cultures oléagineuses. Nous souhaitons utiliser les vastes réseaux de connaissances de l'UICN sur les ...
Travaux de la Task Force
Le groupe de travail sur les cultures oléagineuses (Oil Crops Task Force) se concentre sur la recherche scientifique afin d'alimenter le débat sur la durabilité des cultures oléagineuses.
Découvrez les travaux et les résultats de l'OCTF en 2023.
Rapport annuel 2023 de l'OCTF
Rapports précédents :
2022 OCTF Annual Report
2021 OCTF Annual Report
2020 OCTF Annual Report
2019 OCTF Annual Report
2018 OCTF Annual Report
2016-2017 OCTF Annual Report
Oil palm landscape in Kalimantan. Photo by Douglas Sheil
Photo: Douglas Sheil
Oil palm is highly controversial, hated by many environmentalists for its impact on tropical forests and species, and loved by many others for its socio-economic benefits in tropical producer countries. Truck and oil palm fruit loading facilities in West Kalimantan. Photo by Douglas Sheil.
Photo: Douglas Sheil
