Oil palm–community conflict mapping in Indonesia: A case for better community liaison in planning for development initiatives

Applied Geography

Volumn 78, Issue , 2017, Pages 33-44

  Abram, Nicola K ^a,b,c   Meijaard, Erik ^b,c,d   Wilson, Kerrie A ^b   Davis, Jacqueline T ^e   Wells, Jessie A ^b   Ancrenaz, Marc ^c,f,g   Budiharta, Sugeng ^b,h   Durrant, Alexandra ^c   Fakhruzzi, Afif ⁱ   Runting, Rebecca K ^b   Gaveau, David ^j   Mengersen, Kerrie ^k  

^a Living Landscape Alliance   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Jalan Raya Petitenget 1000X   (Indonesia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^f HUTAN Kinabatangan Orang utan Conservation Programme   (Malaysia)

^g SABAH WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT   (Malaysia)

^h INDONESIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCES   (Indonesia)

ⁱ Kontak Rakyat Borneo   (Indonesia)

^j CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Indonesia)

^k QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

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Author keywords

Boosted regression tree modelling; Borneo; Mapping land use conflict; Oil palm expansion; RSPO; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY FORESTRY; LAND USE CONFLICT; LAND USE PLANNING; MAPPING METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BORNEO; INDONESIA;

ELAEIS;

EID: 84997288017     PISSN: 01436228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2016.10.005     Document Type: Article

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