Local surface temperature change due to expansion of oil palm plantation in Indonesia

Ramdani, Fatwa; Moffiet, Trevor; Hino, Masahiro

doi:10.1007/s10584-013-1045-4

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“…In all conditions where this relationship was evident, the temperature rise due to land-use change exceeded that predicted for the tropics by the end of the 21st Century under the minimum climate warming scenario (+0.9°C in RCP2.6; IPCC 2013), and frequently also exceeded the maximum warming scenario (+3.3°C in RCP8.5; IPCC 2013). Previous studies show that land-use change tends to increase local temperature (e.g., Davin & De Noblet-Ducoudr, 2010;Findell et al, 2007;Loarie et al, 2009;Luskin & Potts, 2011;Ramdani et al, 2014;Tuff et al, 2016) but this is the first study, to our knowledge, that demonstrates this effect across many locations in the tropics at a site-level resolution (<1 ha), considering multiple modes of land-use change concurrently, and comparing the relationship aboveand belowground and between wet and dry seasons.…”

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“…Current and future land-use change is concentrated in the tropics, where >150 million hectares of forest was converted between 1980 and 2012 (Gibbs et al, 2010;Hansen et al, 2013) and 20% of the humid tropical biome was selectively logged from 2000 to 2005 (Asner, Rudel, Aide, Defries, & Emerson, 2009). Previous studies, from a range of disciplines, demonstrate that land-use change in the tropics tends to increase temperature (Davin & De Noblet-Ducoudr, 2010;Findell et al, 2007;Lawrence & Vandecar, 2015;Loarie et al, 2009;Luskin & Potts, 2011;Pielke et al, 2011;Ramdani, Moffiet, & Hino, 2014). This suggests severe consequences for global terrestrial biodiversity, most of which is found in tropical rainforests (Myers, Mittermeier, Mittermeier, Da Fonseca, & Kent, 2000) and is thought to be especially sensitive to temperature change, owing to narrow thermal limits Kingsolver, 2009;.…”

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“…To understand current and future consequences for tropical biodiversity from land-use change and climate change, it is vital to understand thermal change at the scale at which temperature is experienced by organisms (Gillingham, 2010;Suggitt et al, 2011;Wiens & Bachelet, 2010). Prior evidence for local warming in the tropics as a result of land-use change originates from global General Circulation Models (Davin & De Noblet-Ducoudr, 2010;Findell et al, 2007;Pielke et al, 2011) and observational studies focused on particular locations, such as Brazil (Loarie et al, 2009), Malaysia (Luskin & Potts, 2011), and Indonesia (Ramdani et al, 2014). While General Circulation Models are limited in biological relevance by their coarse spatial resolution, observational studies are limited in generality by the site-specificity required to achieve their fine spatial resolution (Li et al, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

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A pantropical analysis of the impacts of forest degradation and conversion on local temperature

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González‐del‐Pliego

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Ecology and Evolution

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Temperature is a core component of a species' fundamental niche. At the fine scale over which most organisms experience climate (mm to ha), temperature depends upon the amount of radiation reaching the Earth's surface, which is principally governed by vegetation. Tropical regions have undergone widespread and extreme changes to vegetation, particularly through the degradation and conversion of rainforests. As most terrestrial biodiversity is in the tropics, and many of these species possess narrow thermal limits, it is important to identify local thermal impacts of rainforest degradation and conversion. We collected pantropical, site‐level (<1 ha) temperature data from the literature to quantify impacts of land‐use change on local temperatures, and to examine whether this relationship differed aboveground relative to belowground and between wet and dry seasons. We found that local temperature in our sample sites was higher than primary forest in all human‐impacted land‐use types (N = 113,894 daytime temperature measurements from 25 studies). Warming was pronounced following conversion of forest to agricultural land (minimum +1.6°C, maximum +13.6°C), but minimal and nonsignificant when compared to forest degradation (e.g., by selective logging; minimum +1°C, maximum +1.1°C). The effect was buffered belowground (minimum buffering 0°C, maximum buffering 11.4°C), whereas seasonality had minimal impact (maximum buffering 1.9°C). We conclude that forest‐dependent species that persist following conversion of rainforest have experienced substantial local warming. Deforestation pushes these species closer to their thermal limits, making it more likely that compounding effects of future perturbations, such as severe droughts and global warming, will exceed species' tolerances. By contrast, degraded forests and belowground habitats may provide important refugia for thermally restricted species in landscapes dominated by agricultural land.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A pantropical analysis of the impacts of forest degradation and conversion on local temperature

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González‐del‐Pliego

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“…The expansion of oil palm plantations is the major driver of forest loss and fragmentation in Borneo. An analysis using microclimate sensors shows temperature differences of 2.8 • C-6.5 • C for oil palm plantations compared to rainforests (Luskin and Potts 2011, Ramdani et al 2014, Hardwick et al 2015. A recent study from the neighbouring region of Sumatra assessed the impact of deforestation on local warming for seven different land cover types (forest, urban areas, clear cut land, young and mature oil palm plantations, acacia and rubber plantations) (Sabajo et al 2017).…”

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Forest loss and Borneo’s climate

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Johnson

Salazar

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Environ. Res. Lett.

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The equatorial island of Borneo is a deforestation hotspot. However, the influence of forest loss on the island's climate remains largely unexplored. Here, we examine how forest loss is related to changes in ground-based records of temperature and precipitation , and MODIS data for temperature (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015)(2016). Analyses were performed for the entire island, lowland areas (<200 m ASL), and nine selected watersheds. We found a strong island-wide relationship between forest loss and increases in daily temperature and reductions in daily precipitation. The relationship between deforestation and changes in local climate was most pronounced for watersheds in southeast Borneo, which have lost 40%-75% of their forests since 1973. These watersheds also had a significantly higher frequency of temperatures above 31 • C. Watersheds in north and northwest Borneo, which have lost 5%-25% of their forest cover, maintained a more stable climate with a similar distribution of mean and extreme warm temperatures between forest and modified forest areas. Watersheds with >15% forest loss had a >15% reduction in rainfall. We conclude that loss of forest in Borneo has increased local daily temperatures and temperature extremes, and reduced daily precipitation.

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“…Expansion of OP plantations leads to warming of the land surface and increases in air temperature from CC as observed in Sumatra (Sabajo et al., ). OP foliage cover is lower, more open, and simpler than tropical rainforest foliage cover: Clearing land for OP plantations and planting OP results in higher surface temperatures (Ramdani, Moffiet, & Hino, ). The warming results from reduced evaporative cooling as the main determinant of regulating the surface temperature.…”

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Climate change affecting oil palm agronomy, and oil palm cultivation increasing climate change, require amelioration

Paterson

Lima

2017

Ecology and Evolution

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Palm oil is used in various valued commodities and is a large global industry worth over US$ 50 billion annually. Oil palms (OP) are grown commercially in Indonesia and Malaysia and other countries within Latin America and Africa. The large‐scale land‐use change has high ecological, economic, and social impacts. Tropical countries in particular are affected negatively by climate change (CC) which also has a detrimental impact on OP agronomy, whereas the cultivation of OP increases CC. Amelioration of both is required. The reduced ability to grow OP will reduce CC, which may allow more cultivation tending to increase CC, in a decreasing cycle. OP could be increasingly grown in more suitable regions occurring under CC. Enhancing the soil fauna may compensate for the effect of CC on OP agriculture to some extent. The effect of OP cultivation on CC may be reduced by employing reduced emissions from deforestation and forest degradation plans, for example, by avoiding illegal fire land clearing. Other ameliorating methods are reported herein. More research is required involving good management practices that can offset the increases in CC by OP plantations. Overall, OP‐growing countries should support the Paris convention on reducing CC as the most feasible scheme for reducing CC.

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Local surface temperature change due to expansion of oil palm plantation in Indonesia

Cited by 29 publications

References 16 publications

A pantropical analysis of the impacts of forest degradation and conversion on local temperature

A pantropical analysis of the impacts of forest degradation and conversion on local temperature

Forest loss and Borneo’s climate

Climate change affecting oil palm agronomy, and oil palm cultivation increasing climate change, require amelioration

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