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CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS: CASE RESEARCH

Author : Dileep Kumar M. & Normala S. G.
Publisher : Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd)
ISBN 13 : 8194682711
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (946 download)

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Download or read book CHANGE MANAGEMENT IN OIL PALM PLANTATIONS: CASE RESEARCH written by Dileep Kumar M. & Normala S. G. and published by Horizon Books ( A Division of Ignited Minds Edutech P Ltd). This book was released on 2021-05-04 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We had the unique opportunity of experiencing the interior and integral regions of the Oil Palm plantations in the Sabah region of Malaysia. Due to their tedious working condition in the remote areas, workers in the oil palm plantations were usually accommodated deep inside the plantations. They were confined to the wooden longhouses or individual small houses as their residence of accommodation as they have no proper housing facilities for the laborers. They had to depend on rainwater for their daily consumption of potable water. Oil plantations workers were not able to travel to nearby smaller towns for food or basic amenities due to the lack of proper transportation facilities available due to which they were only able to leave according to their supervisors. Vegetables and leaves from the plantation were the only food sources available for their daily needs and were therefore very vulnerable to exploitation as well. On the contrary, the labor employed in the Oil Palm plantation for harvesting, cutting, spraying pruning, etc., were not a bunch of local workers but were foreign migrant workers from Indonesia and the Philippines. This observation had brought about a thought into our minds which then further manifested into three questions, Why is an increase in foreign labor than the locals present? Why aren't the local workers interested in this work? and, What is the genuine reason behind the influx of foreign workers? And these questions are the root cause behind this study conducted on Oil Palm plantation workers in Malaysia. During the later visits, it was found out that the migrant workers were in a state of 'statelessness', which meant that they were in a situation that rendered them obsolete of a citizenship right from any country. A majority of the foreign laborers were brought into Malaysia from the poverty-ridden areas of Indonesia and the Philippines, where there was a high rate of unemployment. Such people are called into the job by deceptive profiles and then illegally brought into the country where they're forced to stay in remote areas for work. This increased our urge to know about the Oil Palm plantations, and upon further research, it was revealed to us that a severe human right violation was happening in the area which included forced labor, child labor, gender discrimination, exploitive work practices and even sexual assaults on women. This claim has also been supported by the reports from Amnesty International. Such issues were widely noticed in smallholding Oil Palm plantations and the only research literature available was from NGOs and sources like the United States Department of Labor. So, we took an initiative to explore the various issues and research extensively in such areas, quantitative research had also been applied to identify the precarious working conditions. The objective of this research is to push forward the policymakers and the plantation management to bring about a change in the management and system in order to ensure better working and living conditions for the laborers. Dileep Kumar M. & Normala S. G.

The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution

Author : Derek Byerlee
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190222980
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Tropical Oil Crop Revolution written by Derek Byerlee and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book provides a broad synthesis of the major supply and demand drivers of the dramatic expansion of oil crops in the tropics; its economic, social, and environmental impacts; and the future outlook to 2050. It is a comprehensive review of the oil crop sector with a major focus on oil palm and soybeans, the two most dynamic crops in world agriculture in recent decades.

Social impacts of oil palm in Indonesia

Author : Tania Murray Li
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 6021504798
Total Pages : 61 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (215 download)

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Book Synopsis Social impacts of oil palm in Indonesia by : Tania Murray Li

Download or read book Social impacts of oil palm in Indonesia written by Tania Murray Li and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2015-05-07 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil palm plantations and smallholdings are expanding massively in Indonesia. Proponents highlight the potential for job creation and poverty alleviation, but scholars are more cautious, noting that social impacts of oil palm are not well understood. This report draws upon primary research in West Kalimantan to explore the gendered dynamics of oil palm among smallholders and plantation workers. It concludes that the social and economic benefits of oil palm are real, but restricted to particular social groups. Among smallholders in the research area, couples who were able to sustain diverse farming systems and add oil palm to their repertoire benefited more than transmigrants, who had to survive on limited incomes from a 2-ha plot.

Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Oil Palm Industry

Author : Kasturi Kanniah
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 0429578407
Total Pages : 301 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (295 download)

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Book Synopsis Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Oil Palm Industry by : Kasturi Kanniah

Download or read book Geospatial Technology for Sustainable Oil Palm Industry written by Kasturi Kanniah and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2024-05-15 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oil palm cultivation is a significant contributor to the global agricultural industry, providing valuable resources for various products. While it has faced challenges, including concerns about deforestation and environmental degradation, it is crucial to understand the geographical distribution of oil palms to ensure responsible and sustainable management. This book introduces the application of geospatial technology to the palm oil industry, demonstrating how these tools can address key issues while promoting responsible practices. The topics discussed in the book aim to tackle challenges such as illegal deforestation and the monitoring of environmental impacts associated with oil palm cultivation. Key Features: The first book to explore the use of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for mapping and monitoring oil palm plantations Introduces cutting-edge techniques from the fourth industrial revolution, including the use of the Internet of Things (IoT), Artificial Intelligence, big data and analytics, block chain and 5G technology for effective oil palm tree monitoring Addresses current environmental concerns affecting the industry, including issues like floods, changes in precipitation, temperature, humidity, and El Niño events Explores the scientific aspects of promoting sustainability in oil palm developments and the responsible conversion of rainforests into oil palm plantations Provides a wealth of application data for early detection and continuous monitoring of environmental challenges. This book serves as an insightful resource for those interested in geospatial technologies and their positive impact on monitoring and mitigating environmental changes in the context of the palm oil industry.

Spatial Modeling of Forest Landscape Change

Author : David J. Mladenoff
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521631228
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (312 download)

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Book Synopsis Spatial Modeling of Forest Landscape Change by : David J. Mladenoff

Download or read book Spatial Modeling of Forest Landscape Change written by David J. Mladenoff and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1999-08-26 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Key researchers present newly emerging approaches to computer simulation models of large, forest landscapes.

Research Handbook on Sustainability Reporting

Author : Gunnar Rimmel
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1035316269
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (353 download)

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Book Synopsis Research Handbook on Sustainability Reporting by : Gunnar Rimmel

Download or read book Research Handbook on Sustainability Reporting written by Gunnar Rimmel and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2024-09-06 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This insightful Research Handbook provides an overview of the complex and multifaceted nature of sustainability reporting. Bringing together over 50 researchers from across the globe, it summarises the current state of knowledge, identifies key methodological approaches and research gaps, and encourages researchers to make further meaningful contributions to this dynamic field.

Concepts and Applications of Remote Sensing in Forestry

Author : Mohd Nazip Suratman
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9811942005
Total Pages : 454 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (119 download)

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Book Synopsis Concepts and Applications of Remote Sensing in Forestry by : Mohd Nazip Suratman

Download or read book Concepts and Applications of Remote Sensing in Forestry written by Mohd Nazip Suratman and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-04 with total page 454 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited book is a collection of information on recent advancements in remote sensing for forestry application. The main focus of this book is to address the novel applications in remote sensing in terms of recent techniques, sensors, methods and data collection. Remote sensing has been used for many decades. Today, remote sensing is heavily utilized in forest management, which is acquired from airborne and space-borne platforms using satellite data. In recent years, there have been rapid advances in the new types of sensors. The new generations of satellite sensors are introduced not only to provide important information on forest ecosystems, but also to improve the techniques and accuracies obtained by the traditional approaches. Researchers have become increasingly aware of the potential of remote sensing to address important forestry issues and challenges. The number of forestry publications using remote sensing has grown very rapidly, and this is noticeable with many recent technologies and applications. This book provides valuable source of reference to foresters, researchers, ecologists, climate change scientists and scholars who use remote sensing in their work. Furthermore, it serves as an academic book for undergraduate and graduate students of forestry, agriculture, natural resources and environmental sciences. The book demonstrates and engages the students how the new advancements in remote sensing technology and theory relate to the many real-world forestry applications. It gives readers deeper understanding on how remote sensing has come a long way and evolved into a mature science in the past five decades.

Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa

Author : Samuel Adjei-Nsiah
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889766659
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)

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Download or read book Soil Fertility Management for Sustainable Food Production in Sub-Saharan Africa written by Samuel Adjei-Nsiah and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-08-01 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Soil Health Management for Plantation Crops

Author : George V Thomas
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 9819700922
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Soil Health Management for Plantation Crops written by George V Thomas and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production

Author : Sini Savilaakso
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 6021504720
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (215 download)

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Book Synopsis Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production by : Sini Savilaakso

Download or read book Systematic review of effects on biodiversity from oil palm production written by Sini Savilaakso and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2014-12-29 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the past decade there has been a growing interest in bioenergy, driven by concerns about global climate change, growing energy demand, and depleting fossil fuel reserves. The predicted rise in biofuel demand makes it important to understand the potential consequences of expanding biofuel cultivation. A systematic review was conducted on the biodiversity impacts of three first-generation biofuel crops (oil palm, soybean, and jatropha) in the tropics. The study focused on the impacts on species richness, abundance (total number of individuals or occurrences), community composition, and ecosystem functions related to species richness and community composition.

Risky business: Uptake and implementation of sustainability standards and certification schemes in the Indonesian palm oil sector

Author : Sophia M Gnych
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 6023870198
Total Pages : 63 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (238 download)

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Book Synopsis Risky business: Uptake and implementation of sustainability standards and certification schemes in the Indonesian palm oil sector by : Sophia M Gnych

Download or read book Risky business: Uptake and implementation of sustainability standards and certification schemes in the Indonesian palm oil sector written by Sophia M Gnych and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2015-11-12 with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolving international sustainability norms demand greater environmental and social responsibility from business across global commodity chains – from countries of origin to countries of consumption. Conventional commandand-control regulation has had limited success in addressing negative environmental and social impacts. As a result, advocacy groups and NGOs have championed a diversity of market-based and multi-stakeholder governance approaches aimed at shifting the private sector towards delivering more sustainable business models. Multiple non-state, market-driven social and environmental standards have emerged for palm oil. Through interviews with growers and key stakeholders in the Indonesian palm oil industry this occasional paper explores the motivations driving the uptake of sustainability standards, as well as the factors supporting and preventing implementation of sustainability standards, and asks, what model of sustainable oil palm agriculture is ultimately being built?

Advances in Food Security and Sustainability

Author : Marc J. Cohen
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 044319307X
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book Advances in Food Security and Sustainability written by Marc J. Cohen and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2023-11-01 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Advances in Food Security and Sustainability, Volume Eight highlights new advances in the field with this new volume presenting interesting chapter on important topics such as Food Security, Diversification, and Inequality: Indonesia in the Era of Economic Recovery and High Price Trends, Oil Palm Cultivation and the Impact of Climate Change in Malaysia: A Systematic Review, Food Loss and Waste in Nigeria: Implications for Food Security and Environmental Sustainability, and the Role of different stakeholders and their relative importance in managing disaster. - Provides the authority and expertise of leading contributors from an international board of authors - Presents the latest release in the Advances in Food Security and Sustainability series

The palm oil global value chain

Author : Pacheco, P.
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 55 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book The palm oil global value chain written by Pacheco, P. and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2017-03-03 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is abundant literature focusing on the palm oil sector, which has grown into a vigorous sector with production originating mainly from Malaysia and Indonesia, and on increased palm oil consumption in many countries around the globe, particularly European Union states, China and India. This sector expansion has become quite controversial, because while it has negative social and environmental impacts, it also leads to positive benefits in generating fiscal earnings for producing countries and regular income streams for a large number of large- and small-scale growers involved in palm oil production. This document reviews how the social, ecological, and environmental dynamics and associated implications of the global palm oil sector have grown in complexity over time, and examines the policy and institutional factors affecting the sector's development at the global and national levels. This work examines the geographies of production, consumption and trade of palm oil and its derivatives, and describes the structure of the global palm oil value chain, with special emphasis on Malaysia and Indonesia. In addition, this work reviews the main socioenvironmental impacts and trade-offs associated with the palm oil sector's expansion, with a primary focus on Indonesia. The main interest is on the social impacts this has on local populations, smallholders and workers, as well as the environmental impacts on deforestation and their associated effects on carbon emissions and biodiversity loss. Finally, the growing complexity of the global oil palm value chain has also driven diverse types of developments in the complex oil palm policy regime governing the sector's expansion. This work assesses the main features of this emerging policy regime involving public and private actors, with emphasis on Indonesia. There are multiple efforts supporting the transition to a more sustainable palm oil production; yet the lack of a coordinated public policy, effective incentives and consistent enforcement is clear and obvious. The emergence of numerous privately driven initiatives with greater involvement of civil society organizations brings new opportunities for enhancing the sector's governance; yet the uptake of voluntary standards remains slow, and any push for the adoption of more stringent standards may only widen the gap between large corporations and medium- and smallscale growers. Greater harmonization between voluntary and mandatory standards, as well as among private initiatives is required. Commitments to deforestation-free supply chains have the potential to reduce undesired environmental impacts from oil palm expansion, and while this risks excluding smallholders from the supply chains, such commitments may function to leverage the upgrading of smallholder production systems. Their success, however, will require greater public and private sector collaboration.

Oil palm estate development and its impact on forests and local communities in West Papua

Author : Fransina F Kesaulija
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 6021504461
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (215 download)

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Book Synopsis Oil palm estate development and its impact on forests and local communities in West Papua by : Fransina F Kesaulija

Download or read book Oil palm estate development and its impact on forests and local communities in West Papua written by Fransina F Kesaulija and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper analyses the environmental, socioeconomic and cultural impacts of oil palm development in the Prafi Plain of Manokwari District in West Papua Province. This analysis is based on interviews and focus group discussions conducted in January-August 2011, a literature survey, and analysis of Landsat images of the region. The research findings indicate that oil palm cultivation brings significant benefits-such as infrastructure development, higher incomes for local stakeholders and broader opportunities for customary communities. However, the large number of immigrant workers brought in to work on the plantation estate are a source of conflict with the local population. Oil palm development has had adverse environmental impacts as it has resulted in the deforestation of about 60% of the Prafi watershed. It has also caused soil erosion, poor water quality and air pollution. To avoid additional adverse impacts, the development and expansion of oil palm estates should focus on replanting old plantation areas with high-yield varieties and planting on non-forested and degraded land. Special land zones should be set aside for the indigenous Arfak people to use for subsistence farming. Additional efforts should be made to ensure that local communities receive proper compensation for the loss of use of their traditional lands. Increasing transparency in land allocation, stricter supervision of plantation operations and sanctions for non-compliance with sustainability standards are of utmost importance.

The Oil Palm Complex

Author : Rob Cramb
Publisher : NUS Press
ISBN 13 : 9814722065
Total Pages : 490 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Download or read book The Oil Palm Complex written by Rob Cramb and published by NUS Press. This book was released on 2016-03-28 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The oil palm industry has transformed rural livelihoods and landscapes across wide swathes of Indonesia and Malaysia, generating wealth along with economic, social, and environmental controversy. Who benefits and who loses from oil palm development? Can oil palm development provide a basis for inclusive and sustainable rural development? Based on detailed studies of specific communities and plantations and an analysis of the regional political economy of oil palm, this book unpicks the dominant policy narratives, business strategies, models of land acquisition, and labour-processes. It presents the oil palm industry in Malaysia and Indonesia as a complex system in which land, labour and capital are closely interconnected. Understanding this complex is a prerequisite to developing better strategies to harness the oil palm boom for a more equitable and sustainable pattern of rural development.

An analysis of multiple ecosystem services under future oil palm expansion scenarios in Central and West Kalimantan, Indonesia

Author : Sharma, S.K.
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 6023870775
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (238 download)

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Book Synopsis An analysis of multiple ecosystem services under future oil palm expansion scenarios in Central and West Kalimantan, Indonesia by : Sharma, S.K.

Download or read book An analysis of multiple ecosystem services under future oil palm expansion scenarios in Central and West Kalimantan, Indonesia written by Sharma, S.K. and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2018-07-30 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on the current land-use policy, spatial planning and maps of oil palm expansion in Indonesia, this study identified three plausible future scenarios; namely business as usual, conservation and sustainable intensification for future development of oi

In search of sustainable and inclusive palm oil production

Author : Idsert Jelsma
Publisher : Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.
ISBN 13 : 9463012575
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Book Synopsis In search of sustainable and inclusive palm oil production by : Idsert Jelsma

Download or read book In search of sustainable and inclusive palm oil production written by Idsert Jelsma and published by Eburon Uitgeverij B.V.. This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In search of sustainable and inclusive palm oil production builds on the old debate regarding the role of smallholder farmers in society and links it to the integration of smallholders into modern global value chains. Since the peak in global agro-commodity prices in 2007/08, interest in agriculture has increased again among policymakers and in the private sector. Modern global value chains provide opportunities for smallholder farmers but also increasingly dictate conditions in terms of production practices, and thereby determine conditions for inclusion. The Indonesian oil palm sector provides an interesting case regarding smallholder inclusion in modern global value chains and the role they play in sustainable agro-commodity production. Palm oil production in Indonesia has thrived due to insertion in global value chains, experienced massive smallholder engagement, faces considerable sustainability challenges and illustrates the impacts sustainability initiatives can have on smallholders. It thus provides a promising case to further explore the nexus of sustainable and inclusive development, smallholder agriculture and policy. The primary aim of this book is to advance the understanding of how the oil palm sector can be made more sustainable and inclusive. It does so by exploring independent and organized oil palm smallholders in Sumatra, explaining their emergence and performance, and discussing strategies to improve their performance. Whereas the smallholder oil palm sector clearly has its unique characteristics, this book unpicks some stereotypical views on smallholders and highlights the dynamics impacting farmers’ organizations over time, and thereby contributes to debates on the future of farming.