InfoSAWIT, JAKARTA – The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), in collaboration with several non-governmental organizations, has released a working paper titled Cap on Oil Palm Acreage in Indonesia Based on Environmental Carrying Capacity for Decarbonisation Strategies.
The study underscores the importance of limiting oil palm plantation expansion based on environmental carrying capacity to support Indonesia’s decarbonization strategy amid the country’s continued reliance on fossil fuels.
“Palm oil-based biofuel development is indeed key to Indonesia’s decarbonisation strategy. However, without land-use limitations based on environmental carrying capacity, plantation expansion may exert pressure on forests and environmental quality,” the research team noted in the working paper, as reported by InfoSAWIT.
Over the past 19 years, Indonesia’s forest area has declined by approximately 11 percent, or 9.79 million hectares, with around 32 percent converted into oil palm plantations. (T2)
