The last two years have seen a huge amount of academic, policy-making and media interest
in the increasingly contentious issue of land grabbing-the large-scale acquisition of land in …

Indonesia experienced massive deforestation in the last decades where rapid oil palm
expansion has been considered as one of the main drivers. This article shows that the …

Sustainable certification schemes have surged in recent years. The introduction of these
schemes poses serious challenges to smallholders. One such certification scheme is the …

Peatland plays an important ecological and economic role in many countries all over the
world. At the same time, due to various human and non-human interventions, peatland is …

Oil palm smallholders are potential actors to be included in the global palm oil market.
Smallholder plantations account for 41.4% of total oil palm plantation areas and represents …

While fuel consumption is increasing worldwide, especially in the transport sector, the
supply of fossil fuels which are easily extractible at affordable prices is depleting. This …

Large-scale, industrial oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) plantations are rapidly expanding
in tropical forest regions to supply a growing global demand for palm oil, the world's most …

The island of Borneo is a biodiversity hotspot of global importance that continues to suffer
from one of the highest deforestation rates in the tropics. Selective logging concessions …

Land conversion of oil palm plantations in the villages of West Kalimantan has caused
drastic changes in how farmers fulfill their basic household needs. One such change affects …

Abstract Padang Island in Riau Province of Indonesia has been severely impacted by
recurrent fires in 2014 and 2015, leading to severe peat ecosystem degradation and …