Forest-based farmers are faced with rapidly changing economic opportunities due to many factors. In response, farmers are changing their main economic activities and land uses. This study compares the financial costs and benefits of the principal land use options in two sub-districts of East Kali...
Belcher, B.
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Rujehan
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Imang, N.
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Achdiawan, R.
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[Rattan, rubber, or oil palm: cultural and financial considerations for farmers in Kalimantan]
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Rattan, rubber, or oil palm: cultural and financial considerations for farmers in Kalimantan
One reason for the rapid loss of species-rich tropical forests is the high opportunity costs of forest protection. In Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo), the expansion of high-revenue oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) plantations currently threatens 3.3 million ha of forest. We estimate that payments for ...
Venter, O.
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Meijaard, E.
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Possingham, H.
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Dennis, R.A.
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Sheil, Douglas
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Wich, S.
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Hovani, L.
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Wilson, K.A.
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[Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals]
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Carbon payments as a safeguard for threatened tropical mammals
Located on the fringe of the last tropical rainforests of Sumatra, rubber agroforests are known to conserve the main ecological functions of the primary forest, including a large part of its biodiversity. Nowadays these smallholder plantations are under threat. The regular rise of natural rubber ...
Therville, C.
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Feintrenie, L.
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Levang, P.
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[Farmers’ perspectives about agroforests conversion to plantations in Sumatra: lessons learnt fro m Bungo district (Jambi, Indonesia)]
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Farmers’ perspectives about agroforests conversion to plantations in Sumatra: lessons learnt fro m Bungo district (Jambi, Indonesia)
Planted oil palm areas increased 20-fold and crude palm oil (CPO) production had a 12% average annual increase from 1967-1997. This conferred important economic benefits but threatened Indonesia's natural forest cover. Large-scale plantations displaced local communities and social conflict result...
Casson, A.
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[The Hesitant boom: Indonesia's oil palm sub-sector in an era of economic crisis and political change]
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The Hesitant boom: Indonesia's oil palm sub-sector in an era of economic crisis and political change
This paper examines the conversion of Indonesia’s natural forests to timber and tree crop plantations, notably oil palm. The principal aims are to understand the impact of this process on natural forest and on forest-dwelling people, and to establish whether past and present policies governing th...
Kartodihardjo, H.
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Supriono, A.
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[The Impact of sectoral development on natural forest conversion and degradation: the case of timber and tree crop plantations in Indonesia]
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The Impact of sectoral development on natural forest conversion and degradation: the case of timber and tree crop plantations in Indonesia
Cash crops are developing in the once forested areas of Indonesia in parallel with market and economic improvements. Perennial crops such as coffee, cocoa, and rubber were first planted in estates by private or public companies. Local people then integrated these crops into their farming systems,...
Feintrenie, L.
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Schwarze, S.
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Levang, P.
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[Are local people conservationists? Analysis of transition dynamics from agroforests to monoculture plantations in Indonesia]
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Are local people conservationists? Analysis of transition dynamics from agroforests to monoculture plantations in Indonesia
This paper examines the conversion of Indonesia’s natural forests to timber and tree crop plantations, notably oil palm. The principal aims are to understand the impact of this process on natural forest and on forest-dwelling people, and to establish whether past and present policies governing th...
Kartodihardjo, H.
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Supriono, A.
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[Dampak pembangunan sektoral terhadap konversi dan degradasi hutan alam: kasus pembangunan HTI dan perkebunan di Indonesia]
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Dampak pembangunan sektoral terhadap konversi dan degradasi hutan alam: kasus pembangunan HTI dan perkebunan di Indonesia
The oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) is one of the world’s major sources of edible oil and a precursor of biodiesel fuel. This chapter reviews the oil palm diseases which act as a major production constraint in West Africa, South East Asia and South and Central America. The chapter also describ...
Ahn, B.J
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Choi, D.H
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Cho, S.T
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Lee, S.M.
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Han, G.S
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[Assessment of the biomass potential recovered from oil palm plantation and crude palm oil production in Indonesia]
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Assessment of the biomass potential recovered from oil palm plantation and crude palm oil production in Indonesia