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024 8 _ahttps://doi.org/10.1038/nclimate1702
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100 1 _913109
_aCarlson, K.M.
245 1 0 _aCarbon emissions from forest conversion by Kalimantan oil palm plantations
260 _aLondon (United Kingdom) :
_bNature Publishing Group,
_c2013.
500 _aPeer review
520 _aOil palm supplies >30% of world vegetable oil production1. Plantation expansion is occurring throughout the tropics, predominantly in Indonesia, where forests with heterogeneous carbon stocks undergo high conversion rates2,3,4. Quantifying oil palm’s contribution to global carbon budgets therefore requires refined spatio-temporal assessments of land cover converted to plantations5,6. Here, we report oil palm development across Kalimantan (538,346 km2) from 1990 to 2010, and project expansion to 2020 within government-allocated leases. Using Landsat satellite analyses to discern multiple land covers, coupled with above- and below-ground carbon accounting, we develop the first high-resolution carbon flux estimates from Kalimantan plantations. From 1990 to 2010, 90% of lands converted to oil palm were forested (47% intact, 22% logged, 21% agroforests). By 2010, 87% of total oil palm area (31,640 km2) occurred on mineral soils, and these plantations contributed 61–73% of 1990–2010 net oil palm emissions (0.020–0.024 GtC yr−1). Although oil palm expanded 278% from 2000 to 2010, 79% of allocated leases remained undeveloped. By 2020, full lease development would convert 93,844 km2 (∼ 90% forested lands, including 41% intact forests). Oil palm would then occupy 34% of lowlands outside protected areas. Plantation expansion in Kalimantan alone is projected to contribute 18–22% (0.12–0.15 GtC yr−1) of Indonesia’s 2020 CO2-equivalent emissions. Allocated oil palm leases represent a critical yet undocumented source of deforestation and carbon emissions.
546 _aText in English
650 7 _91558
_aClimate
_2AGROVOC
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_aEcosystem services
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650 7 _91099
_aEnvironmental Sciences
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650 7 _910373
_aGas emissions
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650 7 _99240
_aOil palms
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_aIndonesia
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_aCurran, L.M.
700 1 _913111
_aAsner, G.P.
700 1 _913112
_aMcDonald Pittman, A.
700 1 _913113
_aTrigg, S.N.
700 1 _913114
_aAdeney, J.M.
773 0 _gv. 3, no. 3, p. 283-287
_tNature Climate Change
_x1758-6798
_dLondon (United Kingdom) : Nature Publishing Group, 2013.
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