Environmental and Social Impacts of Oil Palm Plantations and their Implications for Biofuel Production in Indonesia

This paper reviews the development of oil palm with linkages to biofuel in Indonesia and analyzes the associated environmental and socioeconomic impacts. We selected three plantation study sites in West Papua (Manokwari), West Kalimantan (Kubu Raya), and Papua (Boven Digoel) to assess the impacts. R...

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Published in:	Ecology and Society
Main Authors:	Krystof Obidzinski, Rubeta Andriani, Heru Komarudin, Agus Andrianto
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Resilience Alliance 2012-03-01
Subjects:	biofuels environmental impacts oil palm socioeconomic benefits
Online Access:	http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol17/iss1/art25/