Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations
Maintaining forest conservation set-asides is a key criterion of sustainability certification of many crops that drive tropical deforestation, but their value for carbon storage and associated biodiversity is unclear. We conducted vegetation measurements to examine the benefits of set-asides for abo...
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| author | Susannah Fleiss Emily H. Waddella Bernadus Bala Ola Lindsay F. Banin Suzan Benedick Azlin Bin Sailim Daniel S. Chapman Ahmad Jelling Henry King Colin J. McClean Kok Loong Yeong Jane K. Hill |
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| description | Maintaining forest conservation set-asides is a key criterion of sustainability certification of many crops that drive tropical deforestation, but their value for carbon storage and associated biodiversity is unclear. We conducted vegetation measurements to examine the benefits of set-asides for aboveground carbon stocks (AGC) in certified oil palm plantations on Borneo, and whether their AGC is positively associated with plant diversity. The mean estimated AGC of live trees and palms ≥10 cm diameter in set-asides in certified oil palm plantations (52.8 Mg ha−1) was >1.5-times that of oil palm (30.3 Mg ha−1), with some plots supporting similar AGC to primary forest. For lowland Borneo, we estimate that the average AGC of oil palm plantations with 10% coverage of set-asides is up to 20% greater than the average AGC of oil palm plantations without set-asides, newly demonstrating carbon storage as a benefit of conservation set-asides. We found positive relationships between AGC and plant diversity, highlighting the carbon–biodiversity co-benefits of set-asides. However, set-asides had a lower density of tree seedlings than continuous primary forest, indicating potential suppression of future tree regeneration and AGC. Our findings support the application of zero-deforestation during agricultural development, to conserve areas of remaining forest with high AGC and high biodiversity. We recommend management practices that boost regeneration in existing set-asides (e.g. enrichment planting), which would be most effective in larger set-asides, and could substantially increase the AGC of agricultural landscapes without removing land from production, and help conserve forest-dependent biodiversity. |
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| spelling | my.ums.eprints-292702021-09-24T07:30:02Z https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/ Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations Susannah Fleiss Emily H. Waddella Bernadus Bala Ola Lindsay F. Banin Suzan Benedick Azlin Bin Sailim Daniel S. Chapman Ahmad Jelling Henry King Colin J. McClean Kok Loong Yeong Jane K. Hill S600-600.7 Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate Maintaining forest conservation set-asides is a key criterion of sustainability certification of many crops that drive tropical deforestation, but their value for carbon storage and associated biodiversity is unclear. We conducted vegetation measurements to examine the benefits of set-asides for aboveground carbon stocks (AGC) in certified oil palm plantations on Borneo, and whether their AGC is positively associated with plant diversity. The mean estimated AGC of live trees and palms ≥10 cm diameter in set-asides in certified oil palm plantations (52.8 Mg ha−1) was >1.5-times that of oil palm (30.3 Mg ha−1), with some plots supporting similar AGC to primary forest. For lowland Borneo, we estimate that the average AGC of oil palm plantations with 10% coverage of set-asides is up to 20% greater than the average AGC of oil palm plantations without set-asides, newly demonstrating carbon storage as a benefit of conservation set-asides. We found positive relationships between AGC and plant diversity, highlighting the carbon–biodiversity co-benefits of set-asides. However, set-asides had a lower density of tree seedlings than continuous primary forest, indicating potential suppression of future tree regeneration and AGC. Our findings support the application of zero-deforestation during agricultural development, to conserve areas of remaining forest with high AGC and high biodiversity. We recommend management practices that boost regeneration in existing set-asides (e.g. enrichment planting), which would be most effective in larger set-asides, and could substantially increase the AGC of agricultural landscapes without removing land from production, and help conserve forest-dependent biodiversity. Elsevier Ltd 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/1/Conservation%20set-asides%20improve%20carbon%20storage%20and%20support%20associated%20plant%20diversity%20in%20certified%20sustainable%20oil%20palm%20plantations.pdf text en https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/2/Conservation%20set-asides%20improve%20carbon%20storage%20and%20support%20associated%20plant%20diversity%20in%20certified%20sustainable%20oil%20palm%20plantations1.pdf Susannah Fleiss and Emily H. Waddella and Bernadus Bala Ola and Lindsay F. Banin and Suzan Benedick and Azlin Bin Sailim and Daniel S. Chapman and Ahmad Jelling and Henry King and Colin J. McClean and Kok Loong Yeong and Jane K. Hill (2020) Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations. Biological Conservation, 248. pp. 1-10. ISSN 0006-3207 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85086563387&origin=inward https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108631 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108631 |
| spellingShingle | S600-600.7 Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate Susannah Fleiss Emily H. Waddella Bernadus Bala Ola Lindsay F. Banin Suzan Benedick Azlin Bin Sailim Daniel S. Chapman Ahmad Jelling Henry King Colin J. McClean Kok Loong Yeong Jane K. Hill Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations |
| title | Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations |
| title_full | Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations |
| title_fullStr | Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations |
| title_full_unstemmed | Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations |
| title_short | Conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations |
| title_sort | conservation set-asides improve carbon storage and support associated plant diversity in certified sustainable oil palm plantations |
| topic | S600-600.7 Agricultural meteorology. Crops and climate |
| url | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/1/Conservation%20set-asides%20improve%20carbon%20storage%20and%20support%20associated%20plant%20diversity%20in%20certified%20sustainable%20oil%20palm%20plantations.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/2/Conservation%20set-asides%20improve%20carbon%20storage%20and%20support%20associated%20plant%20diversity%20in%20certified%20sustainable%20oil%20palm%20plantations1.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/29270/ https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85086563387&origin=inward https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108631 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108631 |
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