CIFOR-ICRAF’s research on oil palm focuses on how plantations affect land use dynamics, biodiversity, local livelihoods and gender relations. It also explores pathways to better leveraging public and private initiatives to address the sector’s performance gaps.
Scientists are documenting the conditions needed to make supply chains more sustainable and inclusive – especially for smallholders – and their evidence has informed Indonesian policies on sustainable oil palm production.
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Oil palm: Fast facts
In 1973, 55.8 million hectares (76%) of Borneo was old-growth rainforest. About 19.5 million ha of
old-growth forest area was destroyed between 1973 and 2016 by fire and agricultural
expansion. By 2016, only 50% of the island remained forested
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