This is a Decret posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils,Oil palm products,Rubber,Rubber products as the primary resource(s)

This is a Contract Annex posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils as the primary resource(s)

This is a Land Lease Agreement posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils as the primary resource(s)

This is a Land Lease Agreement posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils as the primary resource(s)

This is a Land Lease Agreement posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils as the primary resource(s)

This is a Bail Foncier posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils as the primary resource(s)

This is a Bail Foncier posted on OpenLandContracts.org. It lists Oil palm or palm oils as the primary resource(s)

The purpose of this paper is to contribute to Liberia’s debate on economic policy, specifically, recent efforts around industrial-scale palm oil development against the context of the wider role of the rural sector in economic development. 

With 15–20% of Indonesian oil palms located, without a legal basis and permits, within the forest zone (‘Kawasan hutan’), international concerns regarding deforestation affect the totality of Indonesian palm oil export. ‘Forest zone oil palm’ (FZ-OP) is a substantive issue that requires analysis and policy change.

Processes of globalization have generated new opportunities for smallholders to participate in profitable global agro-commodity markets. This participation however is increasingly being shaped by differentiated capabilities to comply with emerging public and private quality and safety standards. The dynamics within Indonesia’s oil palm sector illustrate well the types of competitive challenges smallholders face in their integration into global agro-commodity chains.

Mobilising under-utilised low carbon (ULC) land for future agricultural expansion helps minimising further carbon stock loss. This study examined the regency cases in Kalimantan, a carbon loss hotspot, to understand the key factors for mobilising ULC land via narrative interviews with a range of land-use actors and complementary desktop analyses.

Oil palm plantations in Indonesia have been linked to substantial deforestation in the 1990s and 2000s, though recent studies suggest that new plantations are increasingly developed on non-forest land. Without nationwide data to establish recent baseline trends, the impact of commitments to eliminate deforestation from palm oil supply chains could therefore be overestimated. We examine the area and proportion of plantations replacing forests across Sumatra, Kalimantan, and Papua up to 2015, and map biophysically suitable areas for future deforestation-free expansion.