{"id":48,"date":"2020-06-03T03:10:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T03:10:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/?p=48"},"modified":"2020-06-19T07:32:39","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T07:32:39","slug":"mapping-progress-towards-oil-palm-sustainability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cifor.org\/annualreport2019\/mapping-progress-towards-oil-palm-sustainability\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping progress towards oil palm sustainability"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The world\u2019s most traded vegetable oil is often associated with deforestation,
\n destruction of orangutan and elephant habitat, and peatland fires. The
\n Indonesian
\n Sustainable Palm Oil certification system aims to change that, but some
\n producers \u2013
\n especially smallholders \u2013 are struggling to comply with increasingly strict
\n rules in
\n the
\n sector.<\/p>\n

CIFOR research shows that not all smallholders are alike. Using maps of the
\n distribution
\n of smallholder plantations, researchers identified six different types of
\n small-scale
\n oil palm producers \u2013 subsistence farmers, early adopters, migrant laborers,
\n migrant
\n farmers, entrepreneurs and local elites \u2013 and recommend that policies and
\n programs
\n aimed
\n at encouraging compliance should take into account the importance of palm oil to
\n a
\n smallholder\u2019s livelihood, not just plot size.<\/p>\n

Another team of scientists has produced a powerful tool that may prevent
\n development
\n on
\n protected areas due to incorrect maps. Using a scale of 1:50,000, large-scale
\n ecological
\n vegetation maps detail logged-over areas, peat swamps, oil palm estates and
\n other
\n land
\n uses, and even indicate the likely depth of carbon-rich peat \u2013 a valuable asset
\n for
\n Indonesia\u2019s climate emissions reduction targets. The Borneo Atlas reveals land
\n cover
\n change information associated with oil palm plantations and helps verify yearly
\n operation and trends in provinces, districts and protected areas.<\/p>\n

And CIFOR\u2019s ongoing research and engagement with policy makers, the private
\n sector
\n and
\n oil palm communities contributed to the formulation and implementation of the
\n country\u2019s
\n national action plan for sustainable palm oil, as put forward in Presidential
\n Decree
\n No.
\n 6\/2019, and to the development of provincial and district regulations on
\n sustainable
\n plantation development and the protection of High Conservation Value (HCV)
\n areas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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