Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia Trends
Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia: trends and implications for local communities and indigenous peoples Acknowledgements This study results from a fruitful collaboration between the UK-based human rights organisation, Forest Peoples Programme, the Indonesian palm oil watchdog NGO, SawitWatch, the Nigeria-based NGO, Samdhana Institute
The study, titled Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia: trends and implications for local communities and indigenous peoples, edited by Marcus Colchester and Sophie Chao, shows that the consequences of oil palm expansion for local communities and indigenous peoples are extremely varied: “When we compared the national experiences with palm oil” says Marcus Colchester, Director of the Forest Peoples Programme, “We found that where farmers’ and indigenous peoples’ lands are secure
As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests
Most of Thailand’s palm oil is grown in the southern part of the country. In one protected area, called Pru Kaching, the government is trying to reclaim land from palm oil growers.
National trends of oil palm development in Thailand Currently, fourteen bio-diesel plants, twelve oil palm refineries and more than sixty oil palm crushing mills are in operation in Thailand. In 2010 production of crude palm oil CPO reached 1,287,509 t of which 65,942 t was exported. Exports made up 5.1% of total production in 2010.
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Illegal and forceful evictions of the Sengwer indigenous people from their ancestral lands in the Cherangany Hills, Kenya (24) Safeguard & accountablility issues (15) The struggle of the Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya against the expansion of oil palm (40)
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Working with forest peoples. to secure their rights. Our human rights work. Cultural Identity. 9 February, 2024. Palm oil impacted people demand the right to speak out against human rights abuses and environmental destruction. Online discussion: human rights in the post-2024 Global Biodiversity Framework. 7 February, 2024.
This new study by Forest Peoples Programme, SawitWatch, Samdhana Institute and RECOFTC – The Center for People and Forests, documents for the first time the various ways in which oil palm plantations are expanding across South East Asia.
As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests
As Thailand ramps up its palm oil sector, peat forests feel the pressure Thailand is aiming to increase its domestic palm oil production 50 percent over the next nine years while at the same time
Oil palm plantations in Thailand have been increasing at an average of 9% from 2001 to 2010. The fastest growing sector among vegetable oils,...
Palm Oil Controversies, Indigenous Peoples' Rights
“Oil Palm Expansion in Southeast Asia: Trends and implications for local communities and indigenous peoples,” Forest Peoples Programme and Sawit Watch, November 18, 2011. Next: The Environment In Indonesia's West Papua, indigenous people are hurt by timber and oil palm developments, according to this film clip published at The Guardian .
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RT17 | RSPO - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
The Next Decade: Palm Oil & Certified Sustainable Palm Oil Moderator Ms Bilge Daldeniz, Programme Director of International Programmes, Proforest Speakers Palm and Laurics Oil Market Outlook Dr Sathia Varqa, Owner & Co-Founder, Palm Oil Analytics The Next Decade: The Direction for Sustainable Palm Oil
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GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES FOR OIL PALM
Recommendations on good agricultural practices for oil palm are aimed to provide growers to practice every step of production processes starting from cultivation to transportation of oil palm bunches to collection center (ramp) or mill and to ensure good quality and safe oil palm bunches produce suitable for production of palm oil.
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A public development program for Thailand (English)
A public development program for Thailand (English) Abstract. This book makes a thorough analysis of Thailand's economy and appraises its potential for future growth. It also recommends action aimed at both the most efficient use of present resources and the greatest possible economic development over the next several...
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The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation
Palm oil is the most widely traded vegetable oil globally, with demand projected to increase substantially in the future. Almost all oil palm grows in areas that were once tropical moist forests, some of them quite recently. The conversion to date, and future expansion, threatens biodiversity and increases greenhouse gas emissions. Today, consumer pressure is pushing companies toward
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Small Palm Oil Plantations in Thailand Protect Environment
Oil palm plantations in Thailand have been increasing at an average of 9% from 2001 to 2010. The fastest growing sector among vegetable oils,...
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Oil Palm development, commercial tree plantations and mono
A study conducted by Sawit Watch, Forest Peoples’ Programme, HuMA and ICRAF concluded that very few oil palm estates in Indonesia are likely to comply with the RSPO standards and that the rights
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Palm oil giant Wilmar quits High Carbon Stock Approach
He said that the executive committee—which includes palm oil firm Golden Agri-Resources as well as NGOs Forest Peoples Programme, Rainforest Action Network, and World Wide Fund for Nature—had accepted the objection to Wilmar’s position at HCSA, and the review was just a few days away from completion.
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Campaigns For Climate Action By Indian Youth
In November 2024, I had the opportunity to lead the Indian delegation for the inaugural ASEAN Youth Summit for Sustainable Palm Oil in Bangkok, Thailand, organised by Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), People’s Movement to Stop Haze (PM Haze) and GI Z Thailand. This was where we were made aware of the fact that India is the No.1
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Early assessment of drought tolerance in oil palm D × P
Dallinger, J (2011) Oil palm development in Thailand: economic, social and environmental considerations. In: Colchester, M and Chao, S (eds.) Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia: Trends and Implications for Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples. England: Forest Peoples Programme and Sawit Watch, pp. 24 – 51.
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Britain and Europe must tighten palm oil supply chains
If Britain and other European nations are to fulfil forest protection goals, they must tighten oversight of supply chains for palm oil and other products, a delegation of forest peoples told
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Palm oil and biodiversity - Center for International
given the importance of palm oil to global trade and rural development, particularly in South-East Asia and West Africa, it is unreasonable to expect the cultivation of palm oil to decrease in the medium-term (see Figure 1). It is important to know the extent to which biodiversity can be maintained in oil palm landscapes and how they can best
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What are the obstacles in protecting Indonesia’s forests
The government also has to determine a threshold for carbon stock that must be conserved, he said. Some companies have adopted the HCV and HCS approach, undertaken in conjunction with sustainability schemes such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) and the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC).
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Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia: Trends
This book is the sixth in a series of reports published by the Forest Peoples Programme and SawitWatch, and other partners, about the social implications of oil palm expansion, and looks at specific trends and implications for local communities and indigenous peoples in Southeast Asia.
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Forest Peoples Programme - Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
Forest Peoples Programme 1.2 What is/are the primary activity(ies) or product(s) of your organization? Oil Palm Growers Palm Oil Processors and/or Traders Consumer Goods Manufacturers Retailers Banks and Investors Social or Development Organisations (Non Governmental Organisations)
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Oil palm expansion in Amphoe Lam Thap, Krabi province
forest to oil palm and rubber plantations in southern Thailand. Bird Conservation International , 16, 71-82. Bandita, Y. (2007). Ten Million Rai of Oil Palm Plantation: A Catastrophe for the Thai People. Paper published by the Ecological Awareness Building Project. Carrere, R. (2006). Oil palm from cosmetics to biodiesel colonization lives on .
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Small Palm Oil Plantations in Thailand Protect Environment
Oil palm plantations in Thailand have been increasing at an average of 9% from 2001 to 2010. The fastest growing sector among vegetable oils,...
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Oil Palm development, commercial tree plantations and mono
A study conducted by Sawit Watch, Forest Peoples’ Programme, HuMA and ICRAF concluded that very few oil palm estates in Indonesia are likely to comply with the RSPO standards and that the rights
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Land | Open Development Thailand
J Dallinger. “Oil palm development in Thailand: Economic, social, and environmental considerations.” M Colchester and M Chao (eds.), Oil palm expansion in Southeast Asia: Trends and implications for local communities and indigenous peoples. Forest Peoples Programme and Perkumpulan Sawit Watch, 2011, page 32. 11. Land Code, Section 14; 12
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Demand and Supply of Crude Palm Oil for Biodiesel
[9] Dallinger, J.; 2011, Oil palm development in Thailand: economic, social and environmental considerations. In: Oil Palm Expansion in South East Asia: Trends and Implications for Local Communities and Indigenous Peoples; Forest Peoples Programme and Sawit Watch, England.
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Oil Palm Development and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions
Oil Palm Development and Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Papua New Guinea Jennifer Gabriel, Paul N . Nelson, Colin Filer and Michael Wood Introduction Throughout the developing world, large tracts of land are being acquired from customary owners by corporations for the purpose of commercial
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Small Palm Oil Plantations in Thailand Protect Environment
Oil palm plantations in Thailand have been increasing at an average of 9% from 2001 to 2010. The fastest growing sector among vegetable oils,...
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New Player Begins Clearing Rainforest for World's Largest
A new company has begun clearing rainforest in an area of Indonesia's easternmost Papua province earmarked to become the world's largest oil palm plantation, in a vast project that has been mired in allegations of lawbreaking. If seen through to completion, the Tanah Merah project will generate an estimated $6 billion in timber and create a
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Land Rights and Oil Palm Development in Sarawak
This is the fourth in a series of publications by Forest Peoples Programme and Sawit Watch examining the social and environmental impacts of oil palm development. Two previous
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Indigenous Peoples, Forest Peoples Programme, Sawit Watch, HuMA and ICRAF, Bogor; Marcus Colchester and Norman Jiwan, 2006, Ghosts on our own land: oil palm smallholders in Indonesia and the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, Forest Peoples Programme and SawitWatch, Bogor.
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