The local impacts of oil palm expansion in Malaysia

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The local impacts of oil palm expansion in Malaysia

An assessment based on a case study in Sabah State

Awang Ali Bema Dayang Norwana Rejani Kunjappan Melissa Chin George Schoneveld Lesley Potter Rubeta Andriani

Working Paper 78

The local impacts of oil palm expansion in Malaysia

An assessment based on a case study in Sabah State

Awang Ali Bema Dayang Norwana

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Malaysia)

Rejani Kunjappan

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Malaysia)

Melissa Chin

World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF-Malaysia)

George Schoneveld

University Utrecht

Lesley Potter

Australian National University (ANU)

Rubeta Andriani

Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

Working Paper 78

? 2011 Center for International Forestry Research All rights reserved

Dayang Norwana, A.A.B., Kunjappan, R., Chin, M., Schoneveld, G., Potter, L. and Andriani, R. 2011 The local impacts of oil palm expansion in Malaysia: An assessment based on a case study in Sabah State. Working Paper 78. CIFOR, Bogor, Indonesia.

Cover photo by Craig Morey Palm oil fruit harvest, Malaysia

This report has been produced with the financial assistance of the European Union, under a project entitled, `Bioenergy, sustainability and trade-offs: Can we avoid deforestation while promoting bioenergy?' The objective of the project is to contribute to sustainable bioenergy development that benefits local people in developing countries, minimises negative impacts on local environments and rural livelihoods, and contributes to global climate change mitigation. The project aims to achieve this by producing and communicating policy relevant analyses that can inform government, corporate and civil society decision-making related to bioenergy development and its effects on forests and livelihoods. The project is managed by CIFOR and implemented in collaboration with the Council on Scientific and Industrial Research (South Africa), Joanneum Research (Austria), the Universidad Nacional Aut?noma de M?xico and the Stockholm Environment Institute. The views expressed herein can in no way be taken to reflect the official opinion of the European Union.

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Table of contents

1Introduction

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2 Social and environmental impacts of oil palm plantations in Malaysia

1

3 Background to the case study

3

4Methodology

6

5Findings

7

5.1 Environmental impacts

7

5.2 Socio-economic impacts

8

6Discussion

14

7Conclusion

14

8References

15

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