A regulatory term referring to land with tree stands in agricultural production systems, such as fruit tree plantations, oil palm plantations.
Agricultural plantation is part of the formal vocabulary used in traceability, origin evidence, and deforestation-related due diligence. For this glossary, the key point is understanding how the source defines the term and where that definition sits within broader compliance or data requirements.
Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 on deforestation-free products
land with tree stands in agricultural production systems, such as fruit tree plantations, oil palm plantations, olive orchards and agroforestry systems where crops are grown under tree cover; it includes all plantations of relevant commodities other than wood; agricultural plantations are excluded from the definition of ‘forest’;
Reference: Article 2, point 6
In practice, this term matters when companies collect, structure, verify, or communicate sustainability data within traceability, origin evidence, and deforestation-related due diligence.
For Minespider, agricultural plantation is not just descriptive language. It is a modeling term that affects how sustainability, emissions, lifecycle, or product information should be captured and compared.