Impact Of Oil Palm Plantations Research Articles

Perampasan Tanah dan Perlawanan Petani: Dampak Perkebunan Sawit terhadap Kehidupan Masyarakat di Pasaman Barat Tahun 1980-2022

This research examines "Land Grabbing and Farmer Resistance: The Impact of Oil Palm Plantations on People’s Life in West Pasaman during 1980-2022". Forests belonging to indigenous peoples encountered land grabbing and conversion into oil palm plantations. Land grabbing is a common phenomenon in West Pasaman. The purpose of this research are to find out the pattern of land ownership in West Pasaman from 1980-2022, strategy of land grabbing, the resistance of oil palm farmers, Fourthly, and the impact of the widespread land grabbing activities on oil palm plantations in West Pasaman. This research used a multidimensional approach. For this reason, social science theories such as economics, anthropology and sociology were used to explain the subject matter. This method strategy is important to be able to analyze the research topic more comprehensively. The method used was historical method including heuristics, criticism, interpretation, and historiography. The result of research shows that the expansion of oil palm plantations is putatively more than 70% of land in West Pasaman controlled by large companies, while the rest of 30% is for the people in West Pasaman. Large plantations did land acquisition successfully in various ways such as buying land, cooperation with traditional leaders, and land grabbing. The land grabbing results in various effects: people losing their land, displaced communities, poverty, no place to stand and farmer resistance. In conclusion, the expansion of oil palm plantations has generated various conflicts within community. The main sources of conflict are land grabbing and socio-economic inequality in the community. This then led to the farmer’s resistance against the rulers and entrepreneurs of oil palm plantations.

The expansion and remaining suitable areas of global oil palm plantations

Abstract Non-technical summary Oil palm has been criticized for being an environmentally unfriendly oil crop. In recent decades, oil palm plantations have extended into conservation landscapes, causing severe environmental damage and harming biodiversity. Nevertheless, oil palm remains a highly productive oil crop from which most of the world's vegetable oil is produced. Therefore, measuring the environmental impact of oil palm plantations and identifying suitable land to support its sustainable development is crucial. Technical summary To meet the rising global palm oil demand sustainably, we tracked annual land cover changes in oil palm plantation and mapped areas worldwide suitable for sustainable oil palm cultivation. From 1982 to 2019, 3.6 Mha of forests were converted to oil palm plantations. Despite a recent decline in overall conversion, the shift from forest to oil palm plantations has become increasingly more common over the last decade, rising from 14.1 to 34.5% between 2009 and 2019. During 1982–2019, 2.23 Mha of peatland and 0.1 Mha of protected areas were converted for oil palm plantations. The potential sustainable land amounts to 103.5–317.9 Mha (Asia: 44.6–105.1 Mha, Africa: 34.7–96.4 Mha, and Latin America: 35.2–116.5 Mha). Future oil palm expansion is anticipated to take place in countries like Brazil, Nigeria, Colombia, Indonesia, Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Ghana, where more sustainable land is available for cultivation. Malaysia, on the other hand, is about to exceed the area of sustainable cultivation, and further expansion is not recommended. These findings can advance our understanding of the environmentally damaging impacts of oil palm and enhance the feasibility of sustainable oil palm development. Social media summary How should suitable land be chosen for the establishment of oil palm plantations to support the sustainable development of the oil palm plantation industry?

Impact of Palm Oil Plantation on the Community Well-Being in Langgikima District Konawe Utara Regency: Structural Equation Modeling Analysis Partial Least Square (PLS) Approach

Enterprises in the oil palm plantation industry may be anticipated to influence community welfare since North Konawe Regency can contribute to regional development and community welfare due to its highly fertile plantation land. This study examines the impact of oil palm plantations on people's welfare in Langgikima Districts, North Konawe Regency. This research was carried out in February 2022, using a survey method with 150 respondents who felt a direct impact from the activities of oil palm plantation companies. The two critical factors examined are the activity of oil palm farms and community well-being. The data is processed using SEM (Structural Equation Modeling) analysis operated through the SMART PLS program. The study results show that the impact of oil palm plantations on the welfare of the people of North Konawe Regency has a significant and positive relationship, with the strength of the relationship being in the weak category. This means that the more economical, social, and environmental empowerment activities from the oil palm plantation business, the more it supports improving community well-being. The existence of oil palm plantations has had an impact on social well-being, economic well-being, and environmental well-being.

The Impact of Oil Palm Plantations on The Achievement of Sustainability Development Goals From An Islamic Economic Perspective

As a significant export commodity, palm oil and its derivatives, CPO, are essential for Indonesia. It opened considerable oil palm plantations in Indonesia, so in the end, Indonesia became the largest palm oil producer in the world. This research determines the impact of the oil palm plantations on achieving the Sustainability Development Goal of the community around the oil palm plantations of PT. DDP Ipuh District, Mukomuko Regency. Observation methods and interviews with 20 people were used to conduct the qualitative research. This study found that communities close to oil palm plantations earn better incomes after farming oil palm and educating their children to a higher level. The community employed local workers as plantation employees. In addition, the enthusiasm of the surrounding community to worship has increased. The impact of oil palm plantations has provided a change in circumstances for the community and a change in the community's mindset. People with limited living costs, limited children's education, and limited health change for the better. This way, the sustainable development goals (SDGs), especially the goals of no poverty, zero hunger, good health and wellbeing, and better quality education, can be accomplished

Forest buffer-strips mitigate the negative impact of oil palm plantations on stream communities

The global area cultivated with oil palm has doubled in the past two decades, causing deforestation, land-use change, freshwater pollution, and species loss in tropical ecosystems worldwide. Despite the palm-oil industry been linked to severe deterioration of freshwater ecosystems, most studies have focused on terrestrial environments, while freshwaters have been significantly less studied. We evaluated these impacts by contrasting freshwater macroinvertebrate communities and habitat conditions in 19 streams from primary forests (7), grazing lands (6), and oil palm plantations (6). In each stream, we measured environmental characteristics, e.g., habitat composition, canopy cover, substrate, water temperature, and water quality; and we identified and quantified the assemblage of macroinvertebrates. Streams in oil palm plantations lacking riparian forest strips showed warmer and more variable temperatures, higher turbidity, lower silica content, and poorer macroinvertebrate taxon richness than primary forests. Grazing lands showed higher conductivity and temperature, and lower dissolved oxygen and macroinvertebrate taxon richness than primary forests. In contrast, streams in oil palm plantations that conserved a riparian forest, showed a substrate composition, temperature, and canopy cover more similar to the ones in primary forests. These habitat improvements by riparian forests in the plantations increased macroinvertebrate taxon richness and maintained a community resembling more the one in primary forests. Therefore, the conversion of grazing lands (instead of primary forests) to oil palm plantations can increase freshwater taxon richness only if riparian native forests are safeguarded.

Impact of Oil Palm Plantation on Economy and Environment in Bengkulu Province

Oil palm, viewed from the economic aspect, can build a financial center to support regional economic growth. This study aims to determine the impact of oil palm plantations on the economy and the environment in Bengkulu Province. This study uses descriptive qualitative research using sources from various previous studies. It is equipped with multiple literature or literature reviews that will answer the research results on the impact of oil palm plantations on the economy and the environment. The study results reveal that oil palm plantations in Bengkulu Province improve people's welfare, create jobs, and contribute to regional development in Bengkulu Province. Extensive oil palm plantations hurt the environment, which results in regular flooding due to forest encroachment and large-scale opening of plantations so that forests and land cover are damaged; this results in significant surface runoff of rainwater and rainwater infiltration. Small scale causes an imbalance due to considerable runoff triggering erosion and land degradation. Facing this problem by maintaining forest and spatial planning by continuing reforestation, especially in the upstream area to keep it stable and handling the waste system and urban systems must be integrated, flood-prone points can be overcome.

The Impact of Oil Palm Plantations on Economic Growth of Batanghari Regency

This study aims to analyze the position and impact of oil palm plantations on economic growth in Batanghari Regency. This study uses time-series data for the 2010-2019 period which was collected from related agencies. The analysis method uses location quotient, multiplier effect, and shift-share analysis. The results showed that oil palm plantations are the basic sector in the economy of Batanghari Regency in terms of GDRP at Constant prices and employment (LQ > 1). The shift-share values from the aspects of GDRP at Constant prices, GDRP at Current Prices, and labor absorption indicate that oil palm plantations are a potential economic sector to be developed. The value of the multiplier effect generated by oil palm plantations is quite large from the aspect of GDRP at Constant prices of 35.53 and employment of 10.44.

Perceived Impact of Oil Palm Plantation on Agriculture and Environment

Increased demand for vegetable oil and energy has led the global production of palm oil to increase substantially. However, the expansion of oil palm is often criticized because of its impact on the environment and natural resources. The present study aimed to assess the villagers’ perception of the impact of oil palm plantation on agriculture and the environment. Data collection was done in Tanggetada sub-district in Southeast Sulawesi. Ninety-one residents from three villages in the plantation zone were selected as respondents. Data were collected through the questionnaire-based interview and Key Informant Interview (KII) methods and were analyzed qualitatively using descriptive statistics. Research results showed that villagers had perceived some impact of the plantation on the agriculture, namely, improved skills in oil palm cultivation, decreased farm size, increased pest and disease occurrence on cocoa plants, and increased market demand for farm produce. The plantation was perceived to have led to increased soil erosion, increased frequency and severity of flooding, and decreased surface water quality. Plantation was perceived to have led to increased temperature but only when the oil palm trees were still young. Strict implementation of government regulation in the establishment and in the operational activities of the plantation can help minimize its adverse impact on the environment and community livelihood.

The role and impact of oil palm plantations in landscape management in South Tapanuli District, North Sumatra, Indonesia

This study was conducted in South Tapanuli District, which is one of the two oil palm centres implementing the landscape management project. Data collected from Regional Plan documents and 169 smallholder samples and analysed with Cross Tabulation and Compare Means Test. The results show that landscape management has been implemented through Regional Planning and various regulations. However, many institutions are authorized to manage landscape, which occasionally result in confusing and contradictory decisions. Through regulations, the Government has limited the expansion of oil palm plantations by specifying Forest and Food Regions. Intensification and diversification approaches are also considered as alternatives for balancing land allocations among sectors and commodities. Intensification is taught through the Sustainable Oil Palm Field School Program, which can improve smallholder knowledge and implementation of landscape management. However, smallholders with larger plantation areas are less interested in participating in the program. Diversifications were indicated through the smallholder cropping system, which is focused on potential commodities such as rubber, coffee or cacao. Smallholders perceive other commodities as less profitable because most of their agribusiness systems are less developed than the palm oil agribusiness system. Therefore, improvement in every potential agribusiness system is recommended to optimize landscape management in South Tapanuli.

Impact of oil palm plantation on household welfare in Jambi Province

Oil palm plantation has been taken into Indonesia agriculture business since a long time ago. It is noted that Indonesia has been the leading crude palm oil (CPO) producers since Year 2006 in the word. However, the sustainability of that business raising to be a questionable for it face slow replanting process particularly those which belongs to smallholder farmer. This study was conducted to analyse the effect of oil palm management on oil palm smallholder welfare in Jambi province. The study showed that the farming practice carried out by farmers, farmer perceptions of innovation, and work ethic have positive and significant effect on smallholder household welfare, while farmers attitudes towards RSPO and farmers’ perceptions of replanting are tended to have a negative correlation on smallholder household welfare.

The Socio-hydrological Impacts of Oil Palm Plantations on Integrated Watershed Management:

This paper aims to investigate the feasibility offlood management based onthe concept of Integrated Watershed Management (IWM) via a literature review and field surveys. The investigationfocused on the primary industry of oil palm plantations in Malaysia. Although the country is promoting the palm oil industry, the impact of oil palm plantations on the local environment has been relatively disregarded because of the benefits and opportunities, such as subsidies, jobs, and amenities,which the local companies/people can obtain. Effective flood management inoil palm plantations entails the local peoples’ understanding and participation in the management activities, such as removing fallen leaves and weeding an area. Theflood management strategiessuggested inthis research provide new insights into local flood management, which usually focuses on the hydrologic aspects, by promoting the integration of the actual-local environment and local people’s actions for their environment within the framework of IWM.

Economy and environmental impacts of oil palm plantation expansion in Mamuju Tengah district, West Sulawesi Province, Indonesia

The expansion of oil palm plantations in Indonesia has led to massive land conversion. At present palm oil in West Sulawesi is the largest oil palm plantations in eastern Indonesia, the development of oil palm which is so rapidly affected by the level of income received by the community when farming oil palm compared to developing other types of plantations such as rubber, coconut, or other types of plantation crops. The growing development of oil palm plantations today is feared to affect biodiversity, which results in changes in the environmental ecosystem in West Sulawesi, especially in Central Mamuju District. Changes in the environmental ecosystem can cause conflicts between humans and animals as a result of the reduced natural habitat of animals, which is the impact of oil palm plantations. This article will explore the environmental and economic impacts arising from oil palm expansion in Central Mamuju Regency, West Sulawesi Province. This research was conducted with a descriptive method to describe the impact of plantation expansion in the Central Mamuju Regency. The results of the study show that there was a change in the environmental ecosystem in the Middle Mamuju Kapubapaten, which resulted in conflicts between humans and animals. As for the economic impact, there was an increase in farmer’s income.

Contrasting communications of sustainability science in the media coverage of palm oil agriculture on tropical peatlands in Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore

This article analyses the denialist narratives of the negative environmental impact of oil palm plantations on tropical peat by the media of Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Specifically, we focus on media coverage of the 2016 International Peat Congress, where scientifically misleading claims that it is sustainable to develop oil palm plantations on tropical peatlands were made. We found that media reporting of the denialist narrative is more prevalent than that of the peer-reviewed science consensus-view that plantations on tropical peat could cause excessive greenhouse gas emissions and enhance the risk of fires. Four mutually complementary narratives were used by Indonesian and Malaysian media to construe denialism, which closely resemble the four climate denialist narratives identified by Elsasser and Dunlap (2013). These denialist narratives draw heavily upon information advocated by divergent knowledge communities (Goldstein 2016) and appeal to a nationalist sentiment of ‘us’ - palm oil-producing developing countries - and ‘them’ - western developed countries producing research critical of the industry. The Malaysian press has most extensively deployed this nationalistic sentiment, whereas the Singaporean media has not actively endorsed or rejected any of the denialist narratives. Our findings suggests that media representation of the issue is a reflection of an amalgamation of economic, diplomatic and nationalistic concerns, determined by political, socio-cultural nuances specific to each country. Importantly, our article alerts to the continuation of unsustainable practices as justified by the media to the public, and that the prevalence of these denialist narratives constitute a significant obstacle in resolving pressing issues such as transboundary haze, biodiversity loss, and land-use change related greenhouse gas emissions in Southeast Asia.

Impact of oil palm plantation on the butterfly diversity: a Case study in KGP & CNG, Ketapang, West Kalimantan

Oil palm plantation in Indonesia is rapidly growing, encouraging the expansion of oil palm plantation area. The expansion estimated may decrease the biodiversity including the butterfly diversity. The research aimed to see the impact of oil palm plantation on the butterfly diversity that occurs in KGP and CNG oil palm plantation. The research was conducted in July 2018 by strip transect method. Impact of the establishment oil palm plantation on butterfly diversity was determined by comparing the current butterflies found on oil palm plantations area with the butterflies found on the baseline (shrub area). The result showed an increase in butterfly diversity and species richness index in KGP and CNG oil palm plantation. Total number of species and richness index in both oil palm plantations area were higher than the baseline area. The establishment of oil palm plantation in KGP oil palm plantation result gaining 22 species and losing 2 species, while in CNG oil palm plantation result is gaining 31 species and losing 5 species.

Impact of oil palm plantation on mammal and herpetofauna species diversity

Since 2008, Indonesia has succeeded in becoming the largest palm oil producer in the world. However, this success has drawn some accusations that oil palm plantations come causing deforestation and decreasing biodiversity. The research has been carried out in the topic of "the origin of the status and type of land cover and variations in the wildlife species diversity in oil palm plantations” in Province of Riau, South Sumatra, Central Kalimantan and West Kalimantan. The results of the interpretation of Landsat imagery coverage of 1 year before being oil palm plantation and interviews with resource persons showed that the type of land cover of the 8 study locations was 5 in the form of secondary forest, 2 bushes and the rest in the form of rubber plantations. The status of the land as a whole APL or customary land. Furthermore, the results of the comparison of the number and composition of species of mammals and herpetofauna before and after being oil palm plantations show that the impact of oil palm plantations on these two variables of diversity species according to the origin of land cover types. For the origin of the type of land cover in the form of shrubs or rubber plantations, the impact of oil palm plantations is positive because it increases the number of species both mammals and herpetofauna (except the number of species of herpetofauna on KJNP estate plantations). As for the origin of the type of land cover in the form of secondary forest, the existence of oil palm plantations increase the number of mamalia in 2 locations and herpetofauna in 4 locations The presence of oil palm plantations is thought to have caused changes in the composition of species with a range of 50 to 100% for mammals and 23 to 76% for herpetofauna.

Impact of oil palm plantation on species diversity of tropical vegetation

The area size of oil palm plantation in Indonesia increases significantly every year. The great expansion of oil palm plantation stimulates the emergence of negative accusation that oil palm plantation development caused deforestation, reduction of biodiversity, and environmental degradation. This research aimed to analyze the impact of oil palm plantation development on species diversity of tropical vegetation. This research was conducted on 5 types of land cover in BPME oil palm plantation (young growth oil palm, medium growth oil palm, and old growth oil palm, bush land, and coconut plantation) by single plot method. Research results show that, the change of bush land to oil palm plantation caused biodiversity loss as many as 7 species (38.89%), biodiversity gain as many as 44 species (244.44%) and 18 species being found both in bush land and oil palm plantation, while 3 species of epiphyte moss were found too. On the other hand, change from coconut plantation to become oil palm plantation caused biodiversity loss as many as 6 species (60%), biodiversity gain as many as 52 species (520%) and 10 species being found both in coconut plantation and oil palm plantation, while 3 species of epiphyte moss were also found.

Impact of oil palm plantations on herpetofauna species diversity in KGP and CNG, West Kalimantan

Palm oil (Elaeis guineensis Jacq) is one of the fastest growing in the tropics so that the development of oil palm plantation is the one threats of the decrease of biodiversity including herpetofauna. That is why this research becomes important to study the impact of oil palm plantation on diversity and composition of herpetofauna. This research was conducted in July 2018 in Ketapang District, West Kalimantan Province in two oil palm plantation companies (KGP and CNG). Data collecting were using Visual Encounter Survey (VES) method combined with Strip Transect Method, in five lands covers (young-aged, middle-aged, old-aged oil palm plantation, high conservation value, and shrubs area) taken simultaneously with three repetitions. The results of this study showed that the establishment of oil palm plantations has impacted species diversity and species composition of herpetofauna. This research showed that the species number of herpetofauna in oil palm plantations is higher than the baseline area. The result of this study also showed that the species diversity and richness of herpetofauna in the high conservation value area is higher compared to another land cover. However, the overall results showed that oil palm plantation has positive impacts to increased and loss of herpetofauna species, there are losing one species and gaining seven species in CNG oil palm plantation, and losing two species and gaining fifteen species in KGP oil palm plantation.

A case study on the impacts of oil palm plantation on butterflies: differences in plantation scale and management implications

Changes in land use to oil palm plantations have an impact on the biodiversity of tropical butterflies known to have species with a wide ecological range. We research to determine the impact of oil palm plantations on the diversity of butterfly species on two different plantation scales (large scale and small scale of plantation). The results showed that both of the oil palm plantations equally affected the increase in the number and level of species diversity of butterflies as many as 100 - 366% on large-scale oil palm plantations and by 0 - 466% on small-scale oil palm plantation. The development of oil palm plantations also has an impact on changes in species composition which is reflected in the level of similarity in species which is quite low, namely 0 - 0.22 in large oil palm plantations and 0.12 - 0.20 in small-scale plantations. The percentage of species loss in both types of plantations is the same, namely 60%, but there is greater species gain on small-scale oil palm plantations (60 - 400%) than large-scale (166 - 366%). Plantation management that creates habitat heterogeneity can increase the level of butterfly biodiversity on both plantations.

Impact of oil palm plantation on herpetofauna species diversity at PT Waimusi Agroindah South Sumatera

Oil palm plantation playing an important role in Indonesia’s economic development, whereas generates the largest foreign exchange and boosts communities’ economic sector, also absorbs the workforce. However, there are some accusation to oil palm plantation that it caused biodiversity decreased in the minimum of 60%. The study was done to identify the impact of oil palm plantations on herpetofauna diversity, community similarity and percentage loss or gain of community. The observation was done using Visual Encounter Survey (VES) method in the 6 land cover types which classified into 2 land areas. Rubber plantation and shrubs were considered as the land cover before the oil palm plantation establishment. While, young, intermediate, old oil palm plantation and high conservation value forest were considered as the land covers after the plantation establishment. The study was conducted in May 2017 in the South Sumatera Province. The data analysis showed that old palm plantation had a higher species number (19 species) compared to rubber plantation (11 species) and shrubs land cover (3 species). However, rubber plantation and old oil palm plantation had the highest species composition similarity (IS = 0.62). While the lowest happened in both shrubs-old oil palm plantation and shrubs-conservation area (IS = 0.19). The transformation land cover into oil palm plantations led to the gain of herpetofauna species as many as 8 species for rubber plantation and 17 species for shrub, while on the other hand only cause loss of 1 species from shrub and no one species loss for rubber plantation.

Dampak Kegiatan Perkebunan Kelapa Sawit Dalam Peningkatan Ekonomi Masyarakat Di Desa Sungai Payang Kecamatan Loa Kulu Kabupaten Kutai Kartanegara

Abstract :One of the villages affected by oil palm plantation activities is Sungai Payang Village, Loa Kulu District, Kutai Kartanegra Regency. Sungai Payang Village, Loa Kulu Sub-District has an area of approximately ± 44.736 KM² which is directly adjacent to Margahayu Village in the north, Jembayan Village in the east and Loa Janan Village in the south. Sungai Payang village has a family head (KK) of 780 KK, with details of the population of 1.482 people and 1,270 women, so that the total population of Sungai Payang Village, Loa Subdistrict is 2,740 people with the number of neighbors of the Rukun Tetangga ( RT) as many as 21 RT. The purpose of this study was to find out among other things: 1) the extent of the impact of oil palm plantation activities on improving the economy of the community, 2) the extent of economic impacts affecting the economic development of rural communities. The existence of oil palm plantations in the Sungai Payang Village community has meaning and benefits for the surrounding community, and other facilities can also be felt separately by other communities. Oil palm plantations can be said to have the meaning of supporting the economy of the surrounding community so that it has value and benefits for the local community. PT. Niagamas Gemilang is very useful because the existence of oil palm plantations affects the economic conditions of the community. Keywords: Impact of Oil Palm Plantation, Increasing Community Economy