{"id":29915,"date":"2025-06-28T14:17:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T07:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gapki.id\/en\/?p=29915"},"modified":"2025-07-07T14:33:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T07:33:04","slug":"the-factual-lines-between-palm-plantations-and-deforestation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gapki.id\/en\/news\/2025\/06\/28\/the-factual-lines-between-palm-plantations-and-deforestation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Factual Lines Between Palm Plantations And Deforestation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Many people have suspected that the oil palm plantations are the main cause of deforestation in Indonesia. But it turns out that their suspicions are not based on the reality of oil palm plantations in the country.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Based on data from the field, the oil palm plantations in Indonesia are not the main cause of deforestation. As a matter of fact, most of palm plantation areas are previously degraded land areas,\u00a0 such bushes left abandoned after logging activities and former agricultural\/plantation areas of other commodities.<\/p>\n<p><strong>RI\u2019s Deforestation from time to time<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2022 1950: Indonesia&#8217;s forest area reached 162.3 million hectares.<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 1985: 119.7 million hectares.<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 2000: 103.3 million hectares.<\/li>\n<li>\u2022 2022: 82.5 million hectares.<\/li>\n<li>The data shows that the largest deforestation actually occurred before the massive development of oil palm plantations, during the period of 1950\u20132000. During the 2000\u20132022 period \u200b\u200boil palm plantations increased by around 16 million hectares, but its contribution to deforestation was only 15 percent. The remaining 85 percent of the forest areas were converted for other purposes, such as other agricultural\/plantation areas, mining, settlements, and infrastructure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Origins of Palm Plantations?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Based on 1990\u20132018 data:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>62% of oil palm plantations were previously degraded land areas<\/li>\n<li>37% from agricultural and plantation areas with other commodities<\/li>\n<li>The rest (&lt;1%) were converted from virgin forest areas<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Types of degraded land areas include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Shrubs<\/li>\n<li>Degraded peatlands<\/li>\n<li>Disturbed swamp forests<\/li>\n<li>Empty or abandoned land<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Government\u2019s Moratorium Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The government has imposed a moratorium policy on the opening of new oil palm plantations through Presidential Instruction (Inpres) No. 8\/2018, which has been implemented since 2018. This shows Indonesia&#8217;s strong commitment to reducing the rate of deforestation without sacrificing oil palm productivity.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What Experts Say?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Jean \u00a0Marc Roda (CIRAD, 2019):<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Indonesia&#8217;s deforestation rate has decreased along with the increase of \u200b\u200boil palm plantation areas. It means oil palm is not the main cause of deforestation in Indonesia.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Oil palm plantations are often used as scapegoats in the issue of deforestation. In fact, data on the field proves that oil palm is not the main cause. The majority of oil palm plantations grow on land areas, which were no longer forested, and even unproductive. (*)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em>Ditjen Planologi Kehutanan &amp; Tata Lingkungan KLHK (2023). Kementerian Pertanian (2019). Dr. Jean Marc Roda \u2013 CIRAD (2019)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people have suspected that the oil palm plantations are the main cause of deforestation in Indonesia. 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