Carbon storage and global change: the role of oil palm

Lamade, Emmanuelle; Bouillet, Jean‐Pierre

doi:10.1051/ocl.2005.0154

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“…Several studies (Guo and Gifford, 2002;Schroth et al, 2002;Don et al, 2011;de Blécourt et al, 2013) reported that conversion of forest into agricultural systems, rubber or oil palm plantations leads to decreases in C org in the surface 30 cm of soil, but most of these studies assessed the early parts of the tree crop's life cycle. The reduced inputs of organic matter in agricultural systems or oil palm plantations can, according to some authors, lead to a soil C stock that is threefold less than under natural forest (Lamade and Bouillet 2005;Schroth et al, 2002). Our results, however, show that the zone-averaged soil C stock in the top 30 cm soil depth did not change significantly with time or age of plantation in either forest or non-forest derived plantations.…”

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Carbon neutral? No change in mineral soil carbon stock under oil palm plantations derived from forest or non-forest in Indonesia

Khasanah

Noordwijk

Ningsih³

et al. 2015

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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A B S T R A C TSustainability criteria for palm oil production guide new planting toward non-forest land cover on mineral soil, avoiding carbon debts caused by forest and peat conversion. Effects on soil carbon stock (soil C stock ) of land use change trajectories from forest and non-forest to oil palm on mineral soils include initial decline and subsequent recovery, however modeling efforts and life-cycle accounting are constrained by lack of comprehensive data sets; only few case studies underpin current debate. We analyzed soil C stock (Mg ha À1 ), soil bulk density (BD, g cm À3 ) and soil organic carbon concentration (C org , %) from 155 plots in 20 oil palm plantations across the major production areas of Indonesia, identifying trends during a production cycle on 6 plantations with sufficient spread in plot age. Plots were sampled in four management zones: weeded circle (WC), interrow (IR), frond stacks (FS), and harvest paths (HP); three depth intervals 0-5, 5-15 and 15-30 cm were sampled in each zone. Compared to the initial condition, increases in C org (16.2%) and reduction in BD (8.9%) in the FS zone, was compensated by decrease in C org (21.4%) and increase in BD (6.6%) in the HP zone, with intermediate results elsewhere. For a weighted average of the four management zones and after correction for equal mineral soil basis, the net temporal trend in soil C stock in the top 30 cm of soil across all data was not significantly different from zero in both forest-and non-forest-derived oil palm plantations. Individual plantations experienced net decline, net increase or U-shaped trajectories. The 2% difference in mean soil C stock in forest and nonforest derived oil palm plantations was statistically significant (p < 0.05). Unless soil management changes strongly from current practice, it is appropriate for C footprint calculations to assume soil C stock neutrality on mineral soils used for oil palm cultivation. 2015 Z. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http:// creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

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Carbon neutral? No change in mineral soil carbon stock under oil palm plantations derived from forest or non-forest in Indonesia

Khasanah

Noordwijk

Ningsih³

et al. 2015

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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“…However, the environmental consequences of oil palm development are often disastrous and numerous NGOs keep alerting the international community about both the negative environmental impact and the social unfairness of the crop's development in Indonesia (Wakker 2000;Marti 2008). Processing mills are a source of air and water pollution, plantations are a major cause of deforestation, the role of biofuel production in carbon storage is still unclear, and the impact of large estates on water regulation is still under debate (Sargeant 2001;WWF 2002;Lamade and Bouillet 2005;Simorangkir 2007;Germer and Sauerborn 2008;Danielsen et al 2009). …”

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Why do Farmers Prefer Oil Palm? Lessons Learnt from Bungo District, Indonesia

Feintrenie

Chong

Levang

2010

Small-scale Forestry

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Indonesia has been the world's largest producer and exporter of palm oil since 2008. This paper discussed the livelihood impacts of oil palm development in Indonesia, based on lessons learnt from Bungo district, in the province of Jambi. The various community-company partnerships that structure the sector are reviewed and the difficulties raised by the joint ventures schemes are discussed. The merits and drawbacks of oil palm as a smallholder crop are then analysed, based on household socio-economic surveys conducted in 2007-2010. The main causes of conflicts between oil palm companies and communities are unclear land tenure, and a recurrent lack of leadership in smallholders' cooperatives. Under fair partnerships between smallholders and companies, oil palm could become a smallholder friendly crop. The land-use profitability analysis demonstrates the high returns that can be generated by oil palm independent smallholdings, making it highly competitive with rubber, and much more profitable than rice production.

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“…It is fundamental Carbon stock is calculated to represent the effectiveness of oil palm as a biomass sink. Oil palms form an ecosystem that acts as a productive terrestrial sink, absorbs atmospheric carbon effectively, and produces biomass comparable to that of tropical forest, or more (Lamade and Bouillet 2005). However, the derived value of biomass alone cannot represent the entire scenario throughout the life cycle of an oil palm.…”

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A review of remote sensing applications for oil palm studies

Chong

Kanniah

Pohl

et al. 2017

Geo-spatial Information Science

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a faculty of Geoinformation and real estate, Universiti teknologi malaysia, Johor Bahru, malaysia; b centre for environmental sustainability and Water security (ipasa), research institute for sustainable environment (rise), Universiti teknologi malaysia, Johor Bahru, malaysia; c institute of computer science, University of osnabrueck, osnabrueck, Germany ABSTRACT Oil palm becomes an increasingly important source of vegetable oil for its production exceeds soybean, sunflower, and rapeseed. The growth of the oil palm industry causes degradation to the environment, especially when the expansion of plantations goes uncontrolled. Remote sensing is a useful tool to monitor the development of oil palm plantations. In order to promote the use of remote sensing in the oil palm industry to support their drive for sustainability, this paper provides an understanding toward the use of remote sensing and its applications to oil palm plantation monitoring. In addition, the existing knowledge gaps are identified and recommendations for further research are given.

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Carbon storage and global change: the role of oil palm

Cited by 53 publications

References 11 publications

Carbon neutral? No change in mineral soil carbon stock under oil palm plantations derived from forest or non-forest in Indonesia

Carbon neutral? No change in mineral soil carbon stock under oil palm plantations derived from forest or non-forest in Indonesia

Why do Farmers Prefer Oil Palm? Lessons Learnt from Bungo District, Indonesia

A review of remote sensing applications for oil palm studies

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