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Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers

The European Commission (EC) is critical of palm oil production as it has a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk from industrial palm oil expansion pressuring landless/displaced farmers to clear tropical forests. Major palm oil-producing countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia are claiming tha...

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Main Authors:	Badrul Azhar, Nobilly, Frisco, Lechner, Alex M., Tohiran, Kamil Azmi, Maxwell, Thomas M. R., Raja Zulkifli, Kamel, Mohd Fathil, Oon, Aslinda
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Published:	Elsevier 2021
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spelling	my.upm.eprints.942042023-05-18T08:13:09Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/94204/ Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers Badrul Azhar Nobilly, Frisco Lechner, Alex M. Tohiran, Kamil Azmi Maxwell, Thomas M. R. Raja Zulkifli Kamel, Mohd Fathil Oon, Aslinda The European Commission (EC) is critical of palm oil production as it has a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk from industrial palm oil expansion pressuring landless/displaced farmers to clear tropical forests. Major palm oil-producing countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia are claiming that the EC’s decision will cause unwarranted obstacles to the adoption of sustainable practices in the palm oil industry and obstruct free trade. To date, in responding to the EC, both Indonesia and Malaysia have yet to develop a national strategy that mitigates the risks of ILUC caused by industrial palm oil expansion. Hence, we propose these major palm oil-producing countries reform their land policy by making it compulsory for plantation companies to share production land with landless/displaced farmers. This strategy could prevent farmers from clearing more tracts of tropical forest and encourage them to use immature and mature areas of palm oil stands for crop and cattle farming, respectively. To guide this strategy, we performed Monte Carlo simulations to predict palm oil production land area and then estimate the land which could be allocated for crop and cattle farming at global-, country-, and plantation-scales. Besides mitigating further deforestation in the tropics, the crop and livestock integration strategy can boost food security and reduce the use of chemical herbicides in palm oil-producing countries. The strategy is consistent with palm oil certification schemes in terms of ensuring social and environmental sustainability. Palm oil-producing countries should implement the strategy to address ILUC risk while consumer countries should demand producers use such strategy. Elsevier 2021-08 Article PeerReviewed Badrul Azhar and Nobilly, Frisco and Lechner, Alex M. and Tohiran, Kamil Azmi and Maxwell, Thomas M. R. and Raja Zulkifli and Kamel, Mohd Fathil and Oon, Aslinda (2021) Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers. Land Use Policy, 107. art. no. 105498. pp. 1-9. ISSN 0264-8377 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0264837721002210 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105498
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description	The European Commission (EC) is critical of palm oil production as it has a high indirect land-use change (ILUC) risk from industrial palm oil expansion pressuring landless/displaced farmers to clear tropical forests. Major palm oil-producing countries such as Indonesia and Malaysia are claiming that the EC’s decision will cause unwarranted obstacles to the adoption of sustainable practices in the palm oil industry and obstruct free trade. To date, in responding to the EC, both Indonesia and Malaysia have yet to develop a national strategy that mitigates the risks of ILUC caused by industrial palm oil expansion. Hence, we propose these major palm oil-producing countries reform their land policy by making it compulsory for plantation companies to share production land with landless/displaced farmers. This strategy could prevent farmers from clearing more tracts of tropical forest and encourage them to use immature and mature areas of palm oil stands for crop and cattle farming, respectively. To guide this strategy, we performed Monte Carlo simulations to predict palm oil production land area and then estimate the land which could be allocated for crop and cattle farming at global-, country-, and plantation-scales. Besides mitigating further deforestation in the tropics, the crop and livestock integration strategy can boost food security and reduce the use of chemical herbicides in palm oil-producing countries. The strategy is consistent with palm oil certification schemes in terms of ensuring social and environmental sustainability. Palm oil-producing countries should implement the strategy to address ILUC risk while consumer countries should demand producers use such strategy.
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author	Badrul Azhar Nobilly, Frisco Lechner, Alex M. Tohiran, Kamil Azmi Maxwell, Thomas M. R. Raja Zulkifli Kamel, Mohd Fathil Oon, Aslinda
spellingShingle	Badrul Azhar Nobilly, Frisco Lechner, Alex M. Tohiran, Kamil Azmi Maxwell, Thomas M. R. Raja Zulkifli Kamel, Mohd Fathil Oon, Aslinda Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
author_facet	Badrul Azhar Nobilly, Frisco Lechner, Alex M. Tohiran, Kamil Azmi Maxwell, Thomas M. R. Raja Zulkifli Kamel, Mohd Fathil Oon, Aslinda
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title	Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
title_short	Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
title_full	Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
title_fullStr	Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
title_full_unstemmed	Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
title_sort	mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (iluc) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers
publisher	Elsevier
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Mitigating the risks of indirect land use change (ILUC) related deforestation from industrial palm oil expansion by sharing land access with displaced crop and cattle farmers

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