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Contribution of independent smallholder RSPO certification to village-level SDGs achievements

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
Abstract As the world’s largest palm oil producer, Indonesia has promoted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) as a framework to assess the impacts of palm oil development. However, various literatures have only covered the conceptual discussion and potential contributions of palm oil development to SDGs, leaving the use of SDGs as an ...
E P Pramudya, A A Satwiko, C Astipranatari, L R Wibowo, M A K Sarwendah, null Sujarwoko, R Kurniadi, A O Iswardhani, R Rafik, S de Soysa   +9 more
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The cost of sustainable palm oil: Should an Indonesian smallholder pursue RSPO-certification?

World Development Perspectives, 2022
Adam Simon
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Efek sertifikasi RSPO dan determinan lainnya terhadap kinerja keuangan perusahaan perkebunan kelapa sawit di Indonesia

Jurnal Ekonomi Modernisasi, 2022
The palm oil industry is in the spotlight because it is always associated with issues of deforestation, loss of biodiversity, increased emissions, and land conversion. RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil) exists as one of the certification labels to
Leo Rio Ependi Malau, Khoiru Rizqy Rambe
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Impacts of Industrial Crop Production by Smallholders on Household Food Security in Ghana: Evidence From the Oil Palm Sector. [PDF]

Plant Environ Interact
ABSTRACT An increase in industrial crop production has important implications for food security, the environment and rural development in major growing areas of the world. This study assessed the impact of smallholder industrial crop production on the food security of agricultural households.
Etuah S, Aidoo R, Ohene-Yankyera K, Haleegoah J, Adams F, Mensah JO, Etuah AA, Appiah GB, Wiggins SL.   +8 more
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Does oil palm certification create trade-offs between environment and development in Indonesia?

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Environmental and social problems triggered by rapid palm oil expansion in the tropics have spurred the proliferation of sustainability certification systems such as the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). While the RSPO aims to improve the impact
Janice Ser Huay Lee, Daniela A Miteva, Kimberly M Carlson, Robert Heilmayr, Omar Saif   +4 more
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Managing fire risk during drought: the influence of certification and El Niño on fire-driven forest conversion for oil palm in Southeast Asia [PDF]

Earth System Dynamics, 2017
Indonesia and Malaysia have emerged as leading producers of palm oil in the past several decades, expanding production through the conversion of tropical forests to industrial plantations.
P. Noojipady, P. Noojipady, D. C. Morton, W. Schroeder, K. M. Carlson, C. Huang, H. K. Gibbs, D. Burns, N. F. Walker, S. D. Prince   +9 more
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Does RSPO certification affects the amount of CO₂ emission in Indonesia?

IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science, 2021
Abstract As the most giant Crude Palm Oil (CPO) producer, Indonesia faces environmental issues. In 2004, the adoption of Roundtable Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) aimed at reducing the negative effect created by the palm oil industries. This study examined the impact of RSPO certification in the Indonesian palm oil industries on the amount ...
Y S Hilmi, A W Utami
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Promoting landscape heterogeneity to improve the biodiversity benefits of certified palm oil production: Evidence from Peninsular Malaysia

Global Ecology and Conservation, 2015
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 ...
Badrul Azhar, Norzanalia Saadun, Chong Leong Puan, Norizah Kamarudin, Najjib Aziz, Siti Nurhidayu, Joern Fischer   +6 more
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Deforestation spillovers from oil palm sustainability certification

Environmental Research Letters, 2020
Environmental policies that impose restrictions within one location may be undermined or reinforced by ‘spillover effects,’ the movement of actors, processes, or knowledge to other locations.
Robert Heilmayr, Kimberly M Carlson, Jason Jon Benedict   +2 more
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Jurisdictional approaches to High Conservation Value area designation using regulatory instruments: an Indonesian pilot project

Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023
Agricultural expansion is the primary driver of tropical deforestation and ecological degradation. Certification schemes for sustainable agricultural supply chains, such that of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), seek to address this issue by
Michael Padmanaba, Sean Sloan, John D. Watts, Silvia Irawan, Janice Ser Huay Lee, Katryn N. Pasaribu, Katryn N. Pasaribu, Cokorda Gde Wisnu Wiratama, Ellen Watson, Nadia Putri Utami   +9 more
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