Melola Discovery

← Melola Discovery

Open access Jurnal

Oil Palm Plantations, Forest Conservation and Indigenous Peoples in West Papua Province: What Lies Ahead?

Forest and Society · Vol. 5 No. 1 (2020) · pp. 23–31

DOI
10.24259/fs.v5i1.11343
ISSN
2549-4333, 2549-4724
Published
2020-12-25
Publisher
Forestry Faculty, Universitas Hasanuddin
Language
en
License
creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Abstract

Oil palm plantations are currently expanding to the eastern part of Indonesia, especially in West Papua province. Many oil palm permits issued in West Papua occupy intact biodiversity-rich forest areas which have essential value for indigenous Papuans' socio-cultural life. This article discusses expansion of oil palm plantations in West Papua province, and its impacts on forests and indigenous people. It also assesses whether the plantations fit the Special Autonomy Law and Sustainable Development Regulation goals of the province. In general, plantations are being established in forest areas, and further planned expansion threatens intact and biodiversity-rich forests. In addition, plantation development rarely considers the socio-cultural issues of indigenous Papuans. As a result, customary rights and institutions are commonly overlooked, undermined, or violated. Oil palm plantations are not necessarily compatible with sustainable development regulation goals, and need to reconcile its overall economic and conservation agenda.

Keywords

Collaboration network of the authors

40 authors · 136 co-authorship links · showing the 40 most connected

Hover or tap a name to highlight its co-authors. Double-click to open the author's page.

  • University of Mataram
  • Padjadjaran University
  • Universitas Gadjah Mada
  • Universitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka
  • Affiliation unknown
  • Different organisations
  • Same organisation
  • Affiliation unknown
  • Thicker line = more joint articles · bigger circle = more articles
Show as table
Co-authorOrganisationJoint articles
Micah R. FisherAffiliation unknown11
Nurhady SirimorokAffiliation unknown7
Bart VerheijenAffiliation unknown4
Sepus M. FatemAffiliation unknown4
San Afri AwangAffiliation unknown3
Eka WulandariPadjadjaran University3
Aprisep Ferdhana KusumaAffiliation unknown3
Ema IsmarianaAffiliation unknown3
Widodo Budi SantosoAffiliation unknown3
Yusran YusranAffiliation unknown2
Jonni MarwaAffiliation unknown2
Andi SadapottoAffiliation unknown2
Fatwa FaturachmatAffiliation unknown2
Setiadi SetiadiUniversity of Mataram2
Arsad RagandhiAffiliation unknown2
Agus Heruanto HadnaAffiliation unknown2
Fitria Dewi SusantiAffiliation unknown2
Muhammad Haidar DaulayAffiliation unknown2
Karno BatiranAffiliation unknown2
Lukas GiessenAffiliation unknown2
Dwi LaraswatiAffiliation unknown2
Micah FisherAffiliation unknown2
Suprapto SupraptoUniversitas Gadjah Mada1
Wahyu WardhanaAffiliation unknown1
Andi BatariAffiliation unknown1
Ahmad DhiaulhaqAffiliation unknown1
Yaved SyufAffiliation unknown1
Josepina BaruAffiliation unknown1
Viktor TawerAffiliation unknown1
Saur SitumorangAffiliation unknown1
Ferawati R. RuntuboiAffiliation unknown1
Supratman SupratmanUniversitas Sembilanbelas November Kolaka1
Munajat NursaputraAffiliation unknown1
Emban Ibnurusyd Mas'udAffiliation unknown1
Haudec HerrawanAffiliation unknown1
Mei MeilaniAffiliation unknown1

Affiliations come from OpenAlex; journal OAI-PMH metadata carries none. Authors without an OpenAlex ID are matched by name, which can merge or split people.

Metadata source: OAI-PMH (metadata jurnal) https://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/fs/oai, first harvested 5 Nov 2026, last seen 5 Nov 2026.
Original metadata (oai_dc) 
<oai_dc:dc xmlns="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/  http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd">
	<dc:title xml:lang="en">Oil Palm Plantations, Forest Conservation and Indigenous Peoples in West Papua Province: What Lies Ahead?</dc:title>
	<dc:creator xml:lang="en">Runtuboi, Yubelince Y.</dc:creator>
	<dc:creator xml:lang="en">B. Permadi, Dwiko</dc:creator>
	<dc:creator xml:lang="en">Sahide, Muhammad Alif K. </dc:creator>
	<dc:creator xml:lang="en">Maryudi, Ahmad</dc:creator>
	<dc:subject xml:lang="en">Oil Palm Plantation</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject xml:lang="en">Special Autonomy Law</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject xml:lang="en">Sustainable development policy</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject xml:lang="en">West Papua</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject xml:lang="en">Indigenous People</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject xml:lang="en">Poverty alleviation</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject xml:lang="en">Conservation</dc:subject>
	<dc:subject xml:lang="en">Biodiversity loss</dc:subject>
	<dc:description xml:lang="en">Oil palm plantations are currently expanding to the eastern part of Indonesia, especially in West Papua province. Many oil palm permits issued in West Papua occupy intact biodiversity-rich forest areas which have essential value for indigenous Papuans' socio-cultural life. This article discusses expansion of oil palm plantations in West Papua province, and its impacts on forests and indigenous people. It also assesses whether the plantations fit the Special Autonomy Law and Sustainable Development Regulation goals of the province. In general, plantations are being established in forest areas, and further planned expansion threatens intact and biodiversity-rich forests. In addition, plantation development rarely considers the socio-cultural issues of indigenous Papuans. As a result, customary rights and institutions are commonly overlooked, undermined, or violated. Oil palm plantations are not necessarily compatible with sustainable development regulation goals, and need to reconcile its overall economic and conservation agenda. </dc:description>
	<dc:publisher xml:lang="en">Forestry Faculty, Universitas Hasanuddin</dc:publisher>
	<dc:date>2020-12-25</dc:date>
	<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/article</dc:type>
	<dc:type>info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion</dc:type>
	<dc:format>application/pdf</dc:format>
	<dc:identifier>https://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/fs/article/view/11343</dc:identifier>
	<dc:identifier>10.24259/fs.v5i1.11343</dc:identifier>
	<dc:source xml:lang="en">Forest and Society; Vol. 5 No. 1 (2021): APRIL; 23-31</dc:source>
	<dc:source>2549-4333</dc:source>
	<dc:source>2549-4724</dc:source>
	<dc:language>en</dc:language>
	<dc:relation>https://journal.unhas.ac.id/index.php/fs/article/view/11343/6184</dc:relation>
	<dc:rights xml:lang="en">Copyright (c) 2020 Forest and Society</dc:rights>
	<dc:rights xml:lang="en">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</dc:rights>
</oai_dc:dc>