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Nature 449, 403 (27 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/449403d; Published online 26 September 2007

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Conservationists could slip up in oil-palm enterprise

Reuben Clements1 & Mary Rose C. Posa1

  1. Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, 14 Science Drive 4 Singapore 117543, Republic of Singapore

In a novel 'farming with the enemy' approach, Lian Pin Koh and David S. Wilcove (Nature 448, 993–994; 2007) suggest that non-governmental organizations (NGOs) should cash in on the lucrative oil-palm industry and buy small tracts of existing plantations to generate revenue for nature reserves.

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