Abstract Delivering the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires balancing
demands on land between agriculture (SDG 2) and biodiversity (SDG 15). The production of …

Oil palm plantations have expanded rapidly in recent decades. This large‐scale land‐use
change has had great ecological, economic, and social impacts on both the areas converted …

Tropical lowland rainforests are increasingly threatened by the expansion of agriculture and
the extraction of natural resources. In Jambi Province, Indonesia, the interdisciplinary …

Mangroves provide a wide range of ecosystem services, including nutrient cycling, soil
formation, wood production, fish spawning grounds, ecotourism and carbon (C) storage …

Declining biodiversity (BD) is affecting food security, agricultural sustainability, and
environmental quality. Agroforestry (AF) is recognized as a possible partial solution for BD …

Contracts between companies and local communities have been used in Indonesia for over
20 years to involve smallholder farmers in the emerging palm oil industry. Impacts of these …

The growing demand for biofuels is promoting the expansion of a number of agricultural
commodities, including oil palm (Elaeis guineensis). Oil‐palm plantations cover over 13 …

A biodiversity-based paradigm for sustainable agriculture is a potential solution for many of
the problems associated with intensive, high input agriculture, and for greater resilience to …

We investigate land-use dynamics in Jambi, Sumatra, one of the hotspots of Indonesia's
recent oil palm boom. Data from a structured village survey are used to analyze the role of …

The effects of swidden cultivation on carbon storage and soil quality are outlined and
compared to the effects of the intensified production systems that swidden systems of …