Benefits and costs of oil palm expansion in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, under different policy scenarios.

ABSTRACT: Deforestation and oil palm expansion in Central Kalimantan province are among the highest in Indonesia. This study examines the physical and monetary impacts of oil palm expansion in Central Kalimantan up to 2025 under three policy scenarios. Our modelling approach combines a spatial logistic regression model with a set of rules governing land use change as a function of the policy scenario. Our physical and monetary analyses include palm oil expansion and five other ecosystem services: timber, rattan, paddy rice, carbon sequestration, and orangutan habitat (the last service is analysed in physical units only). In monetary terms, our analysis comprises the contribution of land and ecosystems to economic production, as measured according to the valuation approach of the System of National A

SUBMITTER: Sumarga E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4927089 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature