Journal of Conservation Biology slams palm oil plantations

According to a report on the BBC today, the Journal of Conservation Biology says that palm oil plantations are bad for biodiversity in countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia.

It takes a higher degree, a research grant and the whole peer-review process to decided that planting one species where there were many hundreds reduces biodiversity… honestly.

Actually, they said a bit more than that… You can (and should) read the abstract.