Sustainability pathways in oil palm cultivation: a comparison of Indonesia, Colombia and Cameroon

Dermawan, Ahmad; Hospes, O.

doi:10.19103/as.2017.0018.03

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“…From a social perspective, the adoption and impact of certification on smallholders from various aspects including livelihood, management, compliance with certification and agricultural practices, has been widely explored [32,41,42,[45][46][47]. The impact of the RSPO on smallholders has been studied by Hutabarat et al, [32], Brandi et al [45], Hidayat et al [48] and Hidayat et al [49].…”

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Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Scheme Frameworks and Impacts: A Systematic Literature Review

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Sustainability certification schemes were introduced to the palm oil industry as a response to address the negative environmental and social impacts associated with the development of this industry. The first certification scheme for palm oil, the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), was established in 2004, followed by other non-governmental initiatives to ensure the sustainable production of palm oil. Indonesia and Malaysia, the two largest palm oil producers in the world, established Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) and Malaysia Sustainable Palm Oil (MSPO) in 2011 and 2015, respectively. This article aims to analyze the existing literature related to studies on the RSPO, MSPO and ISPO on the basis of articles identified from the SCOPUS (scopus.com) and Web of Science (clavirate.com) databases. Results showed that research on the RSPO has been widely conducted compared with that on MSPO and ISPO. Thus, further research on MSPO and ISPO is needed to understand the dynamics of the implementation of sustainability certification. This article also provides an insight on how sustainable certification in the palm oil industry, particularly MSPO, could contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Scheme Frameworks and Impacts: A Systematic Literature Review

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“…Besides being a versatile crop as it can be used for food and energy, palm oil has many advantages compared with other vegetable oil. For example, it has the highest yield, producing ten times higher oil than soybean, rapeseed, and canola oils [1]. In addition, it also has the lowest production cost and minimum land area to produce more oil [2].…”

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Study on the commitment of oil palm companies to achieve sustainable agriculture in Riau Province from the perspective of pesticide use

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Purnama

Mutamima

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IOP Conf. Ser.: Earth Environ. Sci.

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Oil palm has become the main plantation commodity in Riau Province, Indonesia. As the province with the largest oil palm plantation at around 2.7 million hectares, Riau Province has 19% of Indonesia’s total oil palm plantation area. In the midst of environmental issues such as forest fires or using hazardous chemicals, companies or individuals who own oil palm plantations are trying to obtain sustainability certification from the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). However, many companies have not obeyed the correct principles and criteria for sustainable palm oil production, especially in the perspective of using pesticides in oil palm plantations. Based on those problems, this study was to carry out an in-depth examination of the data available from the Plantation Office and Environment-Forestry Office of Riau Province. As a result, we discovered that 70% of the pesticides used were classified as hazardous pesticides, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In addition, it was also found that oil palm companies used glyphosate and paraquat as the active ingredient in pesticides, which have been banned in many countries due to environmental issues. By this finding, the commitment of oil palm companies to achieve sustainable agriculture in using appropriate and environmentally friendly pesticides needs to be questioned‥

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“…To start with, the IPOP is not the only and certainly not the first initiative to govern the sustainability of the oil palm sector of Indonesia. The oil palm sector in Indonesia is characterized by a multitude of governance initiatives of state and non‐state actors to promote sustainable production of palm oil in Indonesia (Dermawan and Hospes, ; Pacheco et al., ). The leading non‐state global initiative is the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).…”

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When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge

Dermawan

Hospes

2018

Global Policy

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During the last decades the role of the state in governance of Global Value Chains (GVC) for sustainability has been largely ignored. This paper contributes to the re‐centering the state in GVC analysis. We provide an analysis of the rise and fall of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge (IPOP). IPOP is a commitment of some biggest palm oil companies towards zero‐deforestation in Indonesia, but was dissolved after serious critique from the Government of Indonesia (GoI). Our question is: why and how did the GoI decide to put an end to the IPOP? We show that the GoI orchestrated the IPOP's demise by framing it as a danger to smallholder development, as not acknowledging public standards, and as an illegal cartel. The GoI's counter‐framing re‐asserts its sovereignty over producers, rule‐making and economic organization. We argue that when a state perceives that when non‐state‐driven GVC governance threatens its sovereignty over producers, rule‐making and economic organization, it will engage in discursive power struggle with non‐state actors. More specifically, collective action of non‐state actors can particularly trigger a state to engage in discursive power struggle with non‐state actors.

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Sustainability pathways in oil palm cultivation: a comparison of Indonesia, Colombia and Cameroon

Cited by 3 publications

References 16 publications

Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Scheme Frameworks and Impacts: A Systematic Literature Review

Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Scheme Frameworks and Impacts: A Systematic Literature Review

Study on the commitment of oil palm companies to achieve sustainable agriculture in Riau Province from the perspective of pesticide use

When the State Brings Itself Back into GVC: The Case of the Indonesian Palm Oil Pledge

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