The Impacts Of Oil Palm Plantations On Forests And People In Papua

Author : Agus Andrianto,Barnabas F Sedik,Habel Waridjo,Heru Komarudin,Krystof Obidzinski
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2014-12-19
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The impacts of oil palm plantations on forests and people in Papua by Agus Andrianto,Barnabas F Sedik,Habel Waridjo,Heru Komarudin,Krystof Obidzinski Pdf

Oil palm plantations can be a significant contributor to rural livelihoods in Indonesia. The government seeks to capitalize on this commodity and strengthen Indonesia’s position as the global leader in palm oil production by expanding plantation estates. As the land for new plantation investment in Kalimantan and Sumatra becomes scarce, plantation developers are looking east to acquire land in Papua Province. The rising interest in oil palm plantations in Papua presents potential opportunities but also poses challenges.

Author : Fransina F Kesaulija,Bernadetta MG Sadsoeitoebeon,Hans FZ Peday,Max J Tokede,Heru Komarudin,Rubeta Andriani,Krystof Obidzinski
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9786021504468

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Oil palm estate development and its impact on forests and local communities in West Papua by Fransina F Kesaulija,Bernadetta MG Sadsoeitoebeon,Hans FZ Peday,Max J Tokede,Heru Komarudin,Rubeta Andriani,Krystof Obidzinski Pdf

This paper analyses the environmental, socioeconomic and cultural impacts of oil palm development in the Prafi Plain of Manokwari District in West Papua Province. This analysis is based on interviews and focus group discussions conducted in January-August 2011, a literature survey, and analysis of Landsat images of the region. The research findings indicate that oil palm cultivation brings significant benefits-such as infrastructure development, higher incomes for local stakeholders and broader opportunities for customary communities. However, the large number of immigrant workers brought in to work on the plantation estate are a source of conflict with the local population. Oil palm development has had adverse environmental impacts as it has resulted in the deforestation of about 60% of the Prafi watershed. It has also caused soil erosion, poor water quality and air pollution. To avoid additional adverse impacts, the development and expansion of oil palm estates should focus on replanting old plantation areas with high-yield varieties and planting on non-forested and degraded land. Special land zones should be set aside for the indigenous Arfak people to use for subsistence farming. Additional efforts should be made to ensure that local communities receive proper compensation for the loss of use of their traditional lands. Increasing transparency in land allocation, stricter supervision of plantation operations and sanctions for non-compliance with sustainability standards are of utmost importance.

Author : Tania Murray Li
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-07
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786021504796

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Social impacts of oil palm in Indonesia by Tania Murray Li Pdf

Oil palm plantations and smallholdings are expanding massively in Indonesia. Proponents highlight the potential for job creation and poverty alleviation, but scholars are more cautious, noting that social impacts of oil palm are not well understood. This report draws upon primary research in West Kalimantan to explore the gendered dynamics of oil palm among smallholders and plantation workers. It concludes that the social and economic benefits of oil palm are real, but restricted to particular social groups. Among smallholders in the research area, couples who were able to sustain diverse farming systems and add oil palm to their repertoire benefited more than transmigrants, who had to survive on limited incomes from a 2-ha plot.

Author : Mosnier, A.,Boere, E.,Reumann, A.,Yowargana, P.,Pirker, J.,Havlik, P.,Pacheco, P.
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Palm oil and likely futures by Mosnier, A.,Boere, E.,Reumann, A.,Yowargana, P.,Pirker, J.,Havlik, P.,Pacheco, P. Pdf

Key messages This brief examines two contrasting policy options: the implementation of zero deforestation commitments by the private sector and a complete moratorium on the expansion of large-scale oil palm plantations, and compares them to a situation without policy action.The zero deforestation commitments and the moratorium on large-scale oil palm plantations expansion could reduce cumulative deforestation by 25% and 28%, respectively, compared to a situation without policy action. They could also cut greenhouse gas emissions from land use and land-use change by 13% and 16%, respectively, over the period 2010-2030.Even under the zero-deforestation and moratorium scenarios, Indonesia is projected to increase palm oil production between 124%-97% over 2010-2030, which is partly due to higher production originating from smallholders.Both measures - the zero deforestation commitments and a moratorium of future large-scale oil palm plantations expansion - would be especially beneficial to limit future deforestation in Indonesia in a context in which global demand for palm oil is expected to keep increasing.Foresight tools can equip stakeholders and policy makers with data and information to allow for evidence-based policy making. This will permit planning for reducing deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions, and finding options acceptable to all stakeholders involved.

Author : Fransina F. Kesaulija
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : OCLC:1066428373

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Oil Palm Estate Development and Its Impact on Forests and Local Communities in West Papua by Fransina F. Kesaulija Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Deforestation
ISBN : MINN:31951D01796246Q

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The Bitter Fruit of Oil Palm by Anonim Pdf

Author : Marcus Colchester
Publisher : Forest Peoples Programme
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Oil palm
ISBN : 9789791518864

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Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia by Marcus Colchester Pdf

Author : Sini Savilaakso,Claude Garcia,John Garcia-Ulloa,Jaboury Ghazoul,Martha Groom,Manuel R Guariguata,Yves Laumonier,Robert Nasi,Gillian Petrokofsky,Jake Snaddon,Michal Zrust
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2014-12-29
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786021504727

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Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production by Sini Savilaakso,Claude Garcia,John Garcia-Ulloa,Jaboury Ghazoul,Martha Groom,Manuel R Guariguata,Yves Laumonier,Robert Nasi,Gillian Petrokofsky,Jake Snaddon,Michal Zrust Pdf

During the past decade there has been a growing interest in bioenergy, driven by concerns about global climate change, growing energy demand, and depleting fossil fuel reserves. The predicted rise in biofuel demand makes it important to understand the potential consequences of expanding biofuel cultivation. A systematic review was conducted on the biodiversity impacts of three first-generation biofuel crops (oil palm, soybean, and jatropha) in the tropics. The study focused on the impacts on species richness, abundance (total number of individuals or occurrences), community composition, and ecosystem functions related to species richness and community composition.

Author : Marcus Colchester
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Agriculture and state
ISBN : UOM:39015067808827

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Promised Land by Marcus Colchester Pdf

Author : Anne Casson,Yohanes I Ketut Deddy Muliastra,Krystof Obidzinski
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 122 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2014-12-29
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786021504666

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Large-scale plantations, bioenergy developments and land use change in Indonesia by Anne Casson,Yohanes I Ketut Deddy Muliastra,Krystof Obidzinski Pdf

Indonesia’'s forests make up one of the world’s most biologically diverse ecosystems. They have long been harvested by local people to meet their daily needs. Since the 1970s, a combination of demographic, economic and policy factors has driven forest exploitation at the industrial scale and resulted in growing deforestation. Key factors behind the forest loss and land use change in present-day Indonesia are the expansion of oil palm, plywood production and pulp and paper industries. Oil palm has been one of the fastest-growing sectors of the Indonesian economy, increasing from less than 1 million hectares in 1991 to 8.9 million hectares in 2011. The plywood and pulp and paper industries have also expanded significantly since the log export ban in 1985. All three sectors have contributed to deforestation. Several measures are being taken to reduce the loss of tropical forests in Indonesia. These measures are driven by growing global concern about the impact of deforestation on biodiversity and global warming and the Indonesian government’s commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. A major policy initiative revolves around developing renewable energy from biomass that can be sourced from oil palm, sugar, cassava, jatropha and timber plantations. This paper analyzes these measures and assesses the conditions under which they may be most effective.

Author : Syahrinudin
Publisher : Cuvillier Verlag
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Carbon sequestration
ISBN : 9783865374813

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The potential of oil palm and forest plantations for carbon sequestration on degraded land in Indonesia by Syahrinudin Pdf

Plant biomass represents a sink for atmospheric carbon dioxide, which is one of the most important greenhouse gases and which is assumed to contribute more than half of the global warming. Establishing tree plantations or perennial crops on degraded land is an effective way to reduce atmospheric carbon by building up terrestrial carbon stocks, not only in the living biomass, but also in the soil. By converting Imperata cylindrica grassland into tree plantations (Acacia mangium or oil palm), aboveground biomass carbon can be increased about 20-fold and below ground biomass carbon up to 8-fold, while soil carbon can almost be doubled.

Author : Serge Marti
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 979151884X

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Losing Ground by Serge Marti Pdf

Author : Louis-Pierre Comeau,Kristell Hergoualc’h,Joanne U. Smith,Louis Verchot
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 18 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-02-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Conversion of intact peat swamp forest to oil palm plantation by Louis-Pierre Comeau,Kristell Hergoualc’h,Joanne U. Smith,Louis Verchot Pdf

Tropical peatlands are among the largest pedologic pools of organic carbon. This study compared soil CO2 fluxes in an intact peat swamp forest, a transitional logged drained forest and an oil palm plantation located on the same alluvial peat plain (peat dome) in Jambi, Sumatra, Indonesia. Dynamic closed chambers were used to measure soil CO2 efflux from January to September 2012. Chambers were placed in pairs, with one close to a tree/palm and the other at mid-distance to the next tree/palm. In the oil palm plantation additional chambers were placed in frond decomposing lines and tertiary drainage canals. During the experiment, air and soil temperatures, water table level and rainfall were recorded. The fluxes were significantly larger in the oil palm plantation (28.4 ± 1.2 Mg C-CO2 ha–1 y–1) than in the transitional logged drained forest (18.5 ± 0.7 Mg C-CO2 ha–1 y–1) and in the intact peat swamp forest (16.0 ± 1.2 Mg C-CO2 ha–1 y–1). The CO2 fluxes were spatially variable according to distance to tree/ palm or when emitted from tertiary drainage canals but no clear trend was detected. A significant but weak relationship was found between CO2 fluxes and water table level in the peat swamp forest. Soil CO2 emissions in oil palm plantations were higher than those reported from Borneo by other authors. The soil CO2 flux should be separated into its auto- and heterotrophic components and balanced with C inputs and other C outputs in further studies to determine soil net atmospheric impacts on the climate system of this land-use change.

Author : Alain Rival,Patrice Levang
Publisher : CIFOR
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-17
Category : Electronic book
ISBN : 9786021504413

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Palms of controversies by Alain Rival,Patrice Levang Pdf

The rapid development of oil palm cultivation feeds many social issues such as biodiversity, deforestation, food habits or ethical investments. How can this palm be viewed as a ‘miracle plant’ by both the agro-food industry in the North and farmers in the tropical zone, but a serious ecological threat by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) campaigning for the environment or rights of local indigenous peoples? In the present book the authors – a biologist and an agricultural economist- describe a global and complex tropical sector, for which the interests of the many different stakeholders are often antagonistic. Oil palm has become emblematic of recent changes in North-South relationship in agricultural development. Indeed, palm oil is produced and consumed in the South; its trade is driven by emerging countries, although the major part of its transformations is made in the North that still hosts the largest multinational agro industries. It is also in the North that the sector is challenged on ethical and environmental issues. Public controversy over palm oil is often opinionated and it is fed by definitive and sometimes exaggerated statements. Researchers are conveying a more nuanced speech, which is supported by scientific data and a shared field experience. Their work helps in building a more balanced view, moving attention to the South, the region of exclusive production and major consumption of palm oil.

Author : Cary Krosinsky,Todd Cort
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781351174800

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Sustainable Innovation and Impact by Cary Krosinsky,Todd Cort Pdf

Following the Brexit and Trump election cycles, consistent, long-term policy solutions to environmental and other societal challenges are becoming increasingly difficult to achieve. Stepping into this breach is a clear opportunity for innovation by public and privately held companies, as well as the increasingly significant role of investment and consumption. Sustainable Innovation and Impact provides a roadmap of the many critical pathways of positive change emerging to achieve modern day societal success, including rapidly evolving corporate and investment innovation and impact strategy considerations. Exploring innovation around the future of energy, electricity and related technologies, as well as transportation and buildings efficiency, Krosinsky and Cort consider ideas framed around the circular economy, operational and supply chain strategies and the global economy. Drawing together a diverse range of contributors and case studies, this book will be of great relevance to students, scholars and professionals with an interest in innovation, economics and sustainability more broadly.