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- Forest cover, including peat swamp forest and mangrove, is 38% of West Kalimantan (WK), with 25% of the province in conservation & watershed-protection areas
- Indigenous peoples (IP) comprise majority of population: the Dayak (35%) occupy most inland landscapes & the Malays (34%) occupy coastal & riverine areas
- Agriculture, forestry & fisheries sector contributes 20% of provincial GDP, with a strong investment in plantation crops, particularly oil palm (accounts for 53% of agricultural production)
- From 2011-2016, WK experienced the highest growth in oil palm plantation area nationally, mostly into nonforest areas
- Of the 1.53 Mha converted to industrial oil palm plantations between 2000-2016, 0.23 Mha (15%) were intact forests & 0.40 Mha (26%) were post-1973 logged forests
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- Climate Change
- Climate change mitigation and REDD+
- Accelerating rates of deforestation and forest degradation
Source
C. Stickler et al. (Eds.). 2018. The State of Jurisdictional Sustainability
Publisher
Earth Innovation Institute (EII), Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) and Governors’ Climate and Forests Task Force (GCF)
Publication year
2018
Authors
Peteru, S.; Wardani, E.M.; Laumonier, Y.; Chan, C.
Geographic
Indonesia
Topic
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Geographic
Indonesia