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SUMMARY:Oil palm: what’s true and what’s to do? - Amelia Hood (Zoology
  Department\, University of Cambridge)
DTSTART:20190117T131000Z
DTEND:20190117T140000Z
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CONTACT:Miguel Anaya
DESCRIPTION:In the last three years I’ve spent 18 months studying insect
  ecology in oil palm plantations in Sumatra\, Indonesia. I work on a large
  scale ecological project (The Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning in T
 ropical Agriculture Program) that’s investigating ways to increase the s
 ustainability of oil palm.\nFirst\, I’d like to briefly present some of 
 my research. With a team of strong men\, I dug out 64 termite mounds\, som
 e over 2m tall\, to see what nests inside them. We found many snakes\, spi
 ders\, ant nests and centipedes\, showing that the termite mounds are valu
 able for species which control pest populations. We want to use these resu
 lts to discourage plantation managers from removing the mounds\, as they o
 ften do.\nThen I’ll talk about oil palm more generally\, and why I think
  that boycotting it would be an environmental disaster.
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
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