The local impacts of oil palm expansion in Malaysia: An assessment based on a case study in Sabah State

Norwana, A.A.B. Dayang; Kanjappan, R.; Chin, Melissa; Schoneveld, G.C.; Potter, Lesley; Andriani, R.

doi:10.17528/cifor/003771

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“…Based on the findings for the fair salary subcategory, the workers at both the plantationbased mills were satisfied with their current wages, where the satisfaction of the wages paid by the organization was 89.05% and 87.3% at mill A and mill B, respectively. This finding was supported by the findings of other studies [3,4], where the employment with companies had led to an overall positive change to workers' livelihoods. The next subcategory assessed in this study was the health and safety.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…The palm oil industry stands as the fourth greatest contributing industry to the Malaysian economy and contributes 6.4% to gross national income [3]. As noted by [4], this industry reduces poverty and improves healthcare and education in rural areas. Thus, it is a significant industry for the social development and economic growth of Malaysia but although this is an important role, the rapid growth of the industry has negative environmental, economic, and social impacts.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Visualization of the Sustainability Level of Crude Palm Oil Production: A Life Cycle Approach

2021

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The Malaysian palm oil is an important source of social development and economic growth in the country. Nevertheless, it has been accused of conducting unsustainable practices that may affect the sustainability of this industry. Thus, this study aims to identify the level of sustainability of crude palm oil (CPO) production. Environmental impacts were assessed using the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standardized life cycle assessment (LCA). Economic impacts were evaluated using life cycle costing (LCC). Social impact assessment was identified based on the UNEP/SETAC Guidelines for social life cycle assessment (S-LCA). Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA) was used to combine three methods: LCA, life cycle costing (LCC) and S-LCA using the scoring system method. Finally, a presentation technique was developed to visualize the LCSA results. The results show that crude palm oil production requires more improvement to be a sustainable product. The study feasibly enables the decision-makers to understand the significant environmental, economic, and social hotspots during the crude palm oil production process in order to promote palm oil production.

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Section: Social Dimension Resultssupporting

confidence: 82%

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Visualization of the Sustainability Level of Crude Palm Oil Production: A Life Cycle Approach

2021

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“…Furthermore, insecticide resistance in this study may not just solely contributed by their heavy reliance in Aedes control, but also through their parallel use in other sectors, notably, agricultural (Reid & McKenzie, 2016). Being the biggest palm oil-producing state in Malaysia, Sabah's landscape has been heavily defined by palm oil plantations (Dayang Norwana et al, 2011). The same goes with most study sites in this study that were mostly residential areas situated nearby palm oil plantations (except few localities in Sandakan and Tawau) (Table 1).…”

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Assessment of the susceptibility status of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Interior, Sandakan and Tawau divisions of Sabah, Malaysia based on WHO diagnostic doses of larvicides

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Susceptibility status of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) sampled from residential areas in Interior, Sandakan and Tawau divisions of Sabah, Malaysia, was evaluated based on the WHOrecommended doses of organochlorine and organophosphate larvicides. To determine susceptibility status, larval bioassays were carried out and post 24-hour mortalities based on WHO resistance classifications were adopted. The results demonstrated that Ae. albopictus larvae were resistant toward 5 out of the 8 larvicides tested. Larvae from all populations were resistant against bromophos, fenitrothion, malathion, temephos and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT), with mortalities ranging from 0.00 to 89.33%. Dieldrin, on the other hand, could induce 100.00% mortalities in all populations, followed by fenthion and chlorpyrifos, with mortalities ranging from 97.33 to 100.00% and 81.33 to 100.00% respectively. Despite most populations exhibiting similitude in their resistance status, larvae from Sandakan exhibited the highest resistance level whereas the lowest level was observed in Keningau. In view of the inadequacy of some larvicides in controlling Ae. albopictus in this study, integrated management such as insecticide rotation or combination of interventions is warranted.

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“…5.2.2 Scenario II. The simulation assumes that the annual expansion average of palm oil planted area reduces by 10% as the land increase is the primary trigger of deforestation (Awang Ali et al, 2013;Vijay et al, 2016;Wicke et al, 2011).…”

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“…Poverty in the agriculture industry fell from 68.3% in 1970 to 11.8% in 1997. Oil palm smallholders had a slower rate of poverty reduction than other sub-sectors (Awang Ali et al , 2013). Besides, this industry contribution is nearly 5%–7% of GDP, with export income averaging RM 64.24bn per year (Nambiappan et al , 2018).…”

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Sustainability and profitability of Malaysia crude palm oil supply chain management: system dynamics modelling approach

Mareeh

Prabakusuma

Hussain

et al. 2022

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Purpose The agriculture industry has a considerable impact on Malaysia’s economy, as seen by its contribution of roughly 8.2% of gross domestic product in 2018 and its potential to absorb 11.09% of Malaysian labor in the same year. This study aims to simulate rising output in a system model of sustainable and profitable crude palm oil (CPO) supply chain management (SCM) and to formulate policy solutions to build sustainable and profitable SCM of Malaysian CPO. Design/methodology/approach This research included both primary and secondary data. This study used the dynamic system model to simulate palm oil land expansion, replanting policies and environmentally friendly growing techniques. Findings This study’s findings suggest that the dynamic system model of Malaysia’s CPO’s sustainable and profitable SCM is valid when its structure and performance are tested. The fifth scenario provides the best results, with the most significant net benefit value compared to the other scenarios. Originality/value The ideal policy alternative is replanting sustainable agricultural practices without burning technologies during new land clearing to achieve the best net advantages.

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The local impacts of oil palm expansion in Malaysia: An assessment based on a case study in Sabah State

Cited by 14 publications

References 7 publications

Visualization of the Sustainability Level of Crude Palm Oil Production: A Life Cycle Approach

Visualization of the Sustainability Level of Crude Palm Oil Production: A Life Cycle Approach

Assessment of the susceptibility status of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) from Interior, Sandakan and Tawau divisions of Sabah, Malaysia based on WHO diagnostic doses of larvicides

Sustainability and profitability of Malaysia crude palm oil supply chain management: system dynamics modelling approach

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