#1Indonesia on the front line Impacts of Europe's biofuel expansion for people, forests and climate Laili Khairnur, Gemawan Institue#2sen Palm oil expansion in Indonesia Medan Sumatra Hidal Ferlang olpoh Malaysia Petaling Sembilan Brune Jaball Malaysia Kuching Singapore Kaliman Padang Bank Apan Bancka-Beltung lands Palembang Bengkulu GIS data, Sawit Watch, 2014 South Barnear West Sulawes Bouth Sulawesi Celebs Sea Manado North Maluku Gacortald North Caleti Indonesia Java Sen Makassar Banda Sea Banten Centrarpaw Surabaya Bandung East Java Fart Timor • Indonesia has highest deforestation rate in world • Indonesia's oil palm plantations - 13.5 million hectares Government plans to expand to 28m ha by 2020 • 11 million ha of oil palm on peatland West Papu#3Biofuels and palm oil Biofuels policy is driving oil palm expansion: 1. Directly through biodiesel - production to hit biofuel targets 2. Indirectly by causing - higher prices and increased demand for vegetable oil imports into Europe IISD, 2013 D#4West Kalimantan at the front line of oil palm expansion Allocation of land for extractive industries, 2012 Deforestation 30% of Indonesian permits to expand palm oil are in West Kalimantan (Borneo) 2012+ 700,000 ha of palm oil concessions are in forest areas#5Impacts of Direct & Indirect Land Use Change 'Globally significant' carbon emissions from Indonesia's peatland *Carlson, K.M. Nature Climate Change 3, 283-287 (2013) • Forest fires: 2,020 firespots in W. Kalimantan oil palm concessions, including peatland (Jan - Sep 2014) Peatland drainage for plantations#6SAMBAS INGKAWANG BENGKAYANG PONTIAN LANDAK KUBU RAYA KAYONG UTARA Land grabbing and conflict. SANGGAU SEKADAU KETAPANG MELAWAI KAPUAS HULU SINTANG 124 land conflicts related to palm oil in West Kalimantan. 731, nationally. (Sawit Watch, 2014)#7(Gemawan, 2013) Violence and criminalization: blaming the victims Sarimi & Ramadi put on trial for protesting against grabbing of their land (Gemawan, 2013) Leziardi (Gemawan staff member) attacked after palm oil protest#8Loss of food sovereignty and livelihoods. Communities rely on land and forest to gather, hunt and grow their food, and for livelihood products (Down to Earth/AMAN) (Down to Earth Indonesia) Palm oil monocultures destroy diversity of food supply, food sovereignty and sustainable livelihoods#9(Sawit Watch) Women's and labour rights • Informal labour, poverty wages Exposure to hazardous chemicals • Women forced to assist husbands without pay, in addition to domestic duties Down to Earth Indonesia (Sawit Watch)&#10Certification and sustainability standards are not working on the ground RSPO An International Multi Stakeholder Organization and Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil Certification Scheme for Sustainable Palm Oil Home | Join Us Search About Us Membership Trademark Certification Search Projects and Work Groups Advocacy Press Room Resource Centre ACOP askRSPO ORT12 Kuala Lumpur 2014 MALAYSIA AN EVENT BY RSPO REGISTER NOW! SUSTAINABILITY: Annual Communication of Progress 2012/2013 AINAN greenpalm.org WHAT'S NEXT? Digest & Reports Are 17th November 2014 - 20th November 2014 Now Available 8 ▲ $ About the RSPO Frequently Asked Questions Get involved About sustainable palm oil Become a RSPO mambar#11Indonesian civil society asks No biofuels before all substantial problems are solved! The EU should not source palm oil for biofuels which: 1.Cause land conflict - 2.Comes from companies which do not respect human rights including violations of workers' rights, women's rights, and child labour 3.Takes land from communities without their consent 4.Threatens the food sovereignty and livelihoods of local communites