Oil palm plantation investments in Indonesia’s forest frontiers: limited economic multipliers and uncertain benefits for local communities

Obidzinski, K.; Dermawan, Ahmad; Hadianto, Adi

doi:10.1007/s10668-014-9519-8

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“…) and increasing pressure for conversion of forest to oil palm plantations (Obidzinski et al. ). Thus, New Guinea presents an interesting case study since it contains large areas of currently pristine habitat supporting high biodiversity, many species of which are endemic, with high land conversion pressures in the near term.…”

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“…New Guinea has extremely high biodiversity and endemicity (Myers et al 2000), and the world's third largest remaining area of contiguous tropical rainforest. The region is also experiencing high rates of deforestation (Shearman et al 2009) and increasing pressure for conversion of forest to oil palm plantations (Obidzinski et al 2014). Thus, New Guinea presents an interesting case study since it contains large areas of currently pristine habitat supporting high biodiversity, many species of which are endemic, with high land conversion pressures in the near term.…”

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Reserve design to optimize the long‐term persistence of multiple species

Strimas‐Mackey

Brodie

2018

Ecological Applications

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Protected areas form the cornerstone of global efforts to conserve biodiversity. Most current methods for designing reserve networks focus on maximizing the representation of species, but with no assurance that those species will persist in the protected landscapes into the future. We present a new strategy for reserve design that combines metapopulation theory with spatial conservation prioritization to estimate conservation solutions that minimize extinction risk across numerous species simultaneously. Our framework optimizes the spatial configuration of reserves to maximize metapopulation persistence for an entire assemblage of species by accounting for both species representation and landscape connectivity. As a case study, we design a reserve network for 114 terrestrial mammal species in Indonesian New Guinea. Our approach builds on Marxan, the flagship representation-based reserve design tool, improving estimated persistence (metapopulation capacity) by an average of 4.6-fold across species, without increasing the socioeconomic cost. We suggest that enhancing species persistence, rather than protecting arbitrary proportions of species' ranges, should be the ultimate objective of conservation planning.

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Reserve design to optimize the long‐term persistence of multiple species

Strimas‐Mackey

Brodie

2018

Ecological Applications

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“…In addition, local communities see that oil palm farmers earn more money and are able to increase their assets, which encourages them to also plant oil palm (Löffler et al 2014). Since oil palm is produced for the most part in large plantations or by wealthy smallholders using migrant labor, oil palm agriculture may lead to increased income disparities and inequality within a region (Obidzinski et al 2014). …”

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The palm oil global value chain: Implications for economic growth and social and environmental sustainability

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Gnych²,

Dermawan³

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“…Whereas Sandker et al () and Obidzinski et al () observed the effects of transforming forests to oil palm plantations, this paper examines the consequences occurring from the shift of different types of agricultural land uses and users towards corporately controlled oil palm and sugar‐cane plantations. By doing so, we try to answer some key questions posed by Bernstein (, 79) relating to the agrarian political economy: ‘Who owns what?…”

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“…The simulations show that the increase in local incomes generated by these kinds of plantations can be significant and that other sectors will also grow, for example through an assumed higher demand for agricultural products. Obidzinski et al (), by using an input–output model, estimated the forward and backward linkages of the palm oil sector in a forest frontier region in Papua, Indonesia. They calculated a multiplier effect brought on by the oil palm expansion of 1.55.…”

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Sugar‐Cane and Oil Palm Expansion in Guatemala and its Consequences for the Regional Economy

Dürr

2016

Journal of Agrarian Change

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Corporate-owned sugar-cane and oil palm plantations in Guatemala are expanding at the expense of smallholder agriculture. Land control grabs are not only having consequences for local communities and ecosystems, but also for regional economies. The present study compares the value chains of smallholder products with those of sugar and palm oil. Primary data were collected from agricultural producers and their backward and forward sectors in the agricultural regions where the plantations are most prominent. The results show that on a regional level, sugar and palm oil generate fewer jobs in comparison to the products of small-scale agriculture, which have important forward linkages to small and medium trading and processing sectors. In addition, the wealth created by small-scale farming remains within the regions, whereas profits from the sugar and palm oil industries are being transferred out of them. Therefore, to achieve inclusive regional development, smallholder agriculture should be strengthened rather than promoting monoculture expansion.

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Oil palm plantation investments in Indonesia’s forest frontiers: limited economic multipliers and uncertain benefits for local communities

Cited by 42 publications

References 19 publications

Reserve design to optimize the long‐term persistence of multiple species

Reserve design to optimize the long‐term persistence of multiple species

The palm oil global value chain: Implications for economic growth and social and environmental sustainability

Sugar‐Cane and Oil Palm Expansion in Guatemala and its Consequences for the Regional Economy

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