Exploring land use changes and the role of palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia

Wicke, Birka; Sikkema, R.; Dornburg, Veronika; Faaij, André

doi:10.1016/j.landusepol.2010.06.001

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“…While oil palm has caused an economic boom in the producing regions, it has also attracted criticism on environmental and social grounds. Oil palm expansion is often held responsible for deforestation, biodiversity loss, increased greenhouse gas emissions, and conflicts over land rights between oil palm companies and local communities (Curran et al, 2004;Fitzherbert et al, 2008;Koh and Wilcove, 2008;Rist et al, 2010;Wilcove and Koh, 2010;Feintrenie et al 2010a;Koh et al, 2011;Wicke et al, 2011;Carlson et al, 2012;Margono et al, 2012;Obidzinski et al, 2013;Dewi et al, 2013;Wheeler et al, 2013). However, oil palm is not only grown on large-scale plantations.…”

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Oil palm boom and land-use dynamics in Indonesia: The role of policies and socioeconomic factors

2015

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. We investigate land-use dynamics in Jambi, Sumatra, one of the hotspots of Indonesia's recent oil palm boom. Data from a structured village survey are used to analyze the role of socioecono mic and policy factors. Oil palm is partly grown on large plantations, but smallholders are also involved significantly. We find that, in spite of significant oil palm expansion, rubber remains the dominant crop. Most of the oil palm growth takes place on previous fallow and rubber land. Oil palm has not been a major driver of deforestation. Much of the forest in Jambi was cleared more than 20 years ago, and rubber was an established cash crop long before the oil palm boom started. However, oil palm growth occurs in locations with ongoing logging activities, so indirect effects on deforestation are likely. The government's transmigration program of the 1980s and 1990s was instrumental for the start and spread of oil palm in Jambi. Some autochthonous villages have adopted oil palm, but adoption started later compared to migrants from Java, and it happens at a slower pace. While the transmigration program benefited many of the participating families, it has contributed to the risk of unequal socioeconomic developments in Jambi. Terms of use: Documents in

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Oil palm boom and land-use dynamics in Indonesia: The role of policies and socioeconomic factors

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“…Loss of biodiversity (e.g. Savilaakso et al 2014) and a significant contribution to global climate change through carbon emissions are the issues of most concern (Wicke et al 2010). …”

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“…The second option is to enhance palm oil yield per unit of land (e.g. Wicke et al 2010). This tactic can address issues undermining productivity in smallholder oil palm plantations as highlighted by Lee et al (2011).…”

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Assessing impacts on ecosystem services under various plausible oil palm expansion scenarios in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Sharma¹,

Baral²,

Pacheco³

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“…Globally, land area of mature oil palm increased from 3.5 million Hectare to 13.1 million hectare between 1975 to 2005 (about 9.6 million Ha within 30years) with Indonesia and Malaysia having over 85% of global CPO production [7].For Indonesia, Oil palm production is a major cause of land use change as it has been implicated for forest cover loss of 40 million ha (Mha) of land which amounts to about 30% reduction in forest land [4]. Most authors have also noted that Oil palm production caused loss of biodiversity, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, forest fire, land disputes and human rights conflicts ( [4], [8]) in Indonesia.…”

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“…Most authors have also noted that Oil palm production caused loss of biodiversity, greenhouse gas (GHG) emission, forest fire, land disputes and human rights conflicts ( [4], [8]) in Indonesia.…”

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Oil Palm Policy, Land Use Change and Community Livelihoods (OLCL) in Indonesia: A Sustainability Framework

Onuigbo¹,

Sinaga²,

Harianto³

2017

IJESD

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Abstract-The global demand for crude palm oil (CPO) has continuously increased with enormous economic benefits for governments and producers. To maximize the benefits, government policies have aimed at increasing CPO production usually through increasing the total harvested area (THA). However, increasing CPO production with the increase in THA results in both land use and livelihood changes. Modeling the complex relationship that exists between oil palm production and issues of land use and livelihoods changes holds the key to understanding their determinants and sustainability approach. At this stage, the conceptual framework was developed with targets of formulating evidence based policies with better economic, environmental and social outcomes using a 24years historic data with the simultaneous equations modeling technique. Index Terms-Land use change, livelihoods, oil palm policy, sustainability.

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Exploring land use changes and the role of palm oil production in Indonesia and Malaysia

Cited by 418 publications

References 11 publications

Oil palm boom and land-use dynamics in Indonesia: The role of policies and socioeconomic factors

Oil palm boom and land-use dynamics in Indonesia: The role of policies and socioeconomic factors

Assessing impacts on ecosystem services under various plausible oil palm expansion scenarios in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia

Oil Palm Policy, Land Use Change and Community Livelihoods (OLCL) in Indonesia: A Sustainability Framework

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