Spatial patterns and drivers of smallholder oil palm expansion within peat swamp forests of Riau, Indonesia

• Main Authors: Zhao, Jing, Lee, Janice Ser Huay, Elmore, Andrew J., Yuti Ariani Fatimah, Numata, Izaya, Zhang, Xin, Cochrane, Mark A.
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Smallholder Oil Palms; Peat Swamp Forests
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/163014
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Protecting the tropical peat swamp forests in Southeast Asia is critical for addressing global sustainability challenges such as climate change and biodiversity loss. However, more than half of these forests have been lost since 1990 due to the rapid expansion of drainage-based agriculture and fores...