Modeling peat- and forestland conversion by oil palm smallholders in Indonesian Borneo

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cg.contributor.crpForests, Trees and Agroforestryen
cg.coverage.countryIndonesiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2IDen
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asiaen
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf044en
cg.issn1748-9326en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalEnvironmental Research Lettersen
cg.subject.ciforFINANCE, TRADE AND INVESTMENTen
cg.subject.ciforOIL PALMSen
cg.subject.ciforBIOENERGYen
cg.volume14en
dc.contributor.authorSchoneveld, George C.en
dc.contributor.authorEkowati, D.en
dc.contributor.authorAndrianto, A.en
dc.contributor.authorHaar, S. van deren
dc.date.accessioned2021-03-08T08:28:52Zen
dc.date.available2021-03-08T08:28:52Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/112389
dc.titleModeling peat- and forestland conversion by oil palm smallholders in Indonesian Borneoen
dcterms.abstractThe effect of industrial oil palm expansion on deforestation and peatland conversion in Southeast Asia has been well documented. Despite being the fastest growing producer group by area, the effects of smallholder expansion in contrast is yet to be fully understood. By combining spatial analysis with farm and farmer surveys, this article examines the types of land use changes associated with independent smallholder oil palm expansion in Indonesian Borneo. We furthermore estimate through predictive modeling how plot and smallholder characteristics influence the probability that smallholder plantation establishment involved peat- and/or forestland conversion. Results point to an increasing rate of especially peatland conversion due to rising scarcities of suitable lands on mineral soils. They also demonstrate how oil palm smallholders involved in environmentally detrimental land conversions are less likely to be experienced oil palm farmers and more likely to belong to indigenous groups, be incompliant of sustainability standards and have experienced fire. This highlights the importance of improved peatland management and targeted extension support in smallholder oil palm landscapes to both mitigate and reduce the impact of smallholder oil palm expansion.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.available2019-01-09en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationSchoneveld, G.C., Ekowati, D., Andrianto, A., van der Haar, S. 2018. Modeling peat- and forestland conversion by oil palm smallholders in Indonesian Borneo. Environmental Research Letters, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/aaf044en
dcterms.issued2018-11-12en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-3.0en
dcterms.publisherIOP Publishingen
dcterms.subjectoil palmsen
dcterms.subjectsmall scale farmingen
dcterms.subjectpeatlandsen
dcterms.subjectdeforestationen
dcterms.subjectforestsen
dcterms.subjectland useen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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