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Palm oil, rainforests and farmers in Cameroon
Elsa Ordway is a PhD candidate in Stanford University's Department of Earth System Science. She is part of a multi-year research project on "Poverty alleviation through sustainable palm oil production," led by Stanford's Center on Food Security and the Environment (FSE). Elsa's research examines the rapidly growing palm oil industry in Cameroon, with the aim of identifying where palm oil expansion can occur while protecting rainforest ecosystems and the livelihoods of smallholder farmers.