(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of ...
Electricity companies in Vanuatu, Fiji and Samoa are testing blends of coconut oil to run power generators. For many of the impoverished Pacific island nations, fuel imports account for more than ...
The Nature Conservancy and UC Santa Barbara release the first comprehensive maps of coconut agriculture, and the subsequent loss of native forests, on atolls throughout the tropical Pacific.
Coconut palms are king throughout the tropics, serving as the foundation for human lives and cultures across the Pacific Ocean for centuries. However, 200 years of planting by colonial interests ...
More information: Michael W Burnett et al, Satellite imagery reveals widespread coconut plantations on Pacific atolls, Environmental Research Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/ad8c66 Provided ...