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Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia

The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is responsible for the certification of palm oil producers that comply with sustainability standards. However, it is not known whether RSPO-certified plantations are effective in maintaining biodiversity. Focusing on Peninsular Malaysia, we show that bot...

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Main Authors: Azhar, Badrul, Saadun, Norzanalia, Chong, Leong Puan, Kamarudin, Norizah, Aziz, Najjib, Abu Bakar, Siti Nurhidayu, Fischer, Joern
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2015
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46024/1/Promoting%20landscape%20heterogeneity%20to%20improve%20the%20biodiversity%20benefits%20of%20certified%20palm%20oil%20production%20evidence%20from%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf
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https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989415000232
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spelling my.upm.eprints.460242022-03-30T04:34:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46024/ Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia Azhar, Badrul Saadun, Norzanalia Chong, Leong Puan Kamarudin, Norizah Aziz, Najjib Abu Bakar, Siti Nurhidayu Fischer, Joern The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is responsible for the certification of palm oil producers that comply with sustainability standards. However, it is not known whether RSPO-certified plantations are effective in maintaining biodiversity. Focusing on Peninsular Malaysia, we show that both RSPO-certified plantations and uncertified large-scale plantations are characterized by very low levels of landscape heterogeneity. By contrast, heterogeneity measures were many times higher in palm oil producing smallholdings, despite their lack of RSPO certification. The low heterogeneity of large-scale oil palm plantations, including those certified by the RSPO, is likely to severely limit their value for biodiversity conservation. Uncertified smallholdings, in contrast, are much more heterogeneous and therefore hold substantially greater promise for the integration of palm oil production and biodiversity conservation than large-scale plantations. With oil palm agriculture further expanding, certification schemes should mandate producers to improve biodiversity conservation through landscape management that promotes greater landscape heterogeneity. Elsevier 2015 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46024/1/Promoting%20landscape%20heterogeneity%20to%20improve%20the%20biodiversity%20benefits%20of%20certified%20palm%20oil%20production%20evidence%20from%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf Azhar, Badrul and Saadun, Norzanalia and Chong, Leong Puan and Kamarudin, Norizah and Aziz, Najjib and Abu Bakar, Siti Nurhidayu and Fischer, Joern (2015) Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia. Global Ecology and Conservation, 3. pp. 553-561. ISSN 2351-9894 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989415000232 10.1016/j.gecco.2015.02.009
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description The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) is responsible for the certification of palm oil producers that comply with sustainability standards. However, it is not known whether RSPO-certified plantations are effective in maintaining biodiversity. Focusing on Peninsular Malaysia, we show that both RSPO-certified plantations and uncertified large-scale plantations are characterized by very low levels of landscape heterogeneity. By contrast, heterogeneity measures were many times higher in palm oil producing smallholdings, despite their lack of RSPO certification. The low heterogeneity of large-scale oil palm plantations, including those certified by the RSPO, is likely to severely limit their value for biodiversity conservation. Uncertified smallholdings, in contrast, are much more heterogeneous and therefore hold substantially greater promise for the integration of palm oil production and biodiversity conservation than large-scale plantations. With oil palm agriculture further expanding, certification schemes should mandate producers to improve biodiversity conservation through landscape management that promotes greater landscape heterogeneity.
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author Azhar, Badrul
Saadun, Norzanalia
Chong, Leong Puan
Kamarudin, Norizah
Aziz, Najjib
Abu Bakar, Siti Nurhidayu
Fischer, Joern
spellingShingle Azhar, Badrul
Saadun, Norzanalia
Chong, Leong Puan
Kamarudin, Norizah
Aziz, Najjib
Abu Bakar, Siti Nurhidayu
Fischer, Joern
Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia
author_facet Azhar, Badrul
Saadun, Norzanalia
Chong, Leong Puan
Kamarudin, Norizah
Aziz, Najjib
Abu Bakar, Siti Nurhidayu
Fischer, Joern
author_sort Azhar, Badrul
title Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia
title_short Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia
title_full Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia
title_fullStr Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from Peninsular Malaysia
title_sort promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: evidence from peninsular malaysia
publisher Elsevier
publishDate 2015
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46024/1/Promoting%20landscape%20heterogeneity%20to%20improve%20the%20biodiversity%20benefits%20of%20certified%20palm%20oil%20production%20evidence%20from%20Peninsular%20Malaysia.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/46024/
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989415000232
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