Documents - Plantations

Handbook on Community Engagement

A ‘good practice’ guide to negotiating lease agreements with landowning communities in South Sudan, which also makes a usuful read for communities elswhere (South Sudan Law Society, 2011 )

Where are the trees?

APP and and its mother company Sinar Mas announced the policy in February as "an end to the clearing of natural forest across its entire supply chain in Indonesia, with immediate effect." However, a new Eyes on the Forest (EoF) analysis that looks at all APP concessions – including those not covered by the moratorium - show a different picture. (Eyes on the Forest, 2013)

Large-Scale Land Acquisitions and Food Security

Rerpot by DFID looking into the questions of the impacts of large-scale land acquisitions (LSA) on local food insecurity and malnutrition levels; and differences in impacts between the international and local investments (Tanner / DFIF and CEIL PEAKS, 2013)

Land is Life

This report reveals escalating conflicts between indigenous peoples and oil palm companies due to the rapid expansion of plantations in the Malaysian State of Sarawak. Based on field interviews with community representatives in 12 different villages, the report details the rate of expansion of oil palm plantations, reasons for the conflicts, why some 40 legal cases about land conflicts between communities and oil palm companies are now clogging the courts in Sarawak, how the process of oil palm development in Sarawak is contrary to international standards adopted by the RSPO, and offers recommendations for reform. (Colchester, Aik Pang, Meng Chuo, Jalon / FPP and Sawit Watch, 2007)

Carbon Footprint of Indonesian Palm Oil Production: a Pilot Study

The impacts and opportunities of oil palm in Southeast Asia: What do we know and what do we need to know? (World Agroforestry Centre / ICRAF SE Asia Office, 2009)