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2017
Environmental
Indonesia
Effect of oil palm sustainability certification on deforestation and fire in Indonesia.

Research done to determine the impact of RSPO certification on deforestation, peatland development and fire activity in Indonesia from 2001 to 2015.

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Independent
2017
Economic
Papua New Guinea
Cost and benefit analysis of RSPO certification (Case study in PT BCA oil palm plantation in Papua).

The analysis was done to identify monetary benefit and cost with the existing operating scenario of the company, or if the company is registered as the RSPO member.

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Independent
2017
Environmental
Malaysia
An impact analysis of RSPO certification on Borneo forest cover and orangutan populations.

The research evaluates whether RSPO certification is beneficial to orangutans, at a macro level (throughout Borneo) and micro level through fine-scale analysis within well-renowned region for orang utan (Kinabatangan, Sabah).

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Independent
2016
Economic
Malaysia, Indonesia
Costs and benefits of RSPO certification for independent smallholders: A science-for-policy paper for the RSPO.

Study done to assess the monetary costs and benefits of smallholder RSPO certification.

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Independent
2016
Environmental, Economic
Indonesia
Sustainability standards and sustainable development – synergies and trade-offs of transnational governance.

This study, from the University of Bonn in Germany, analyses the major expected benefits that smallholder certification generates and the extent in which there are trade-offs between economic and environmental sustainability.

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Independent
2016
Economic
Indonesia
On the profitability of sustainability certification: An analysis among Indonesian palm oil smallholders.

This research was conducted to determine the extent and ways in which RSPO certification is profitable for Indonesian palm oil smallholders. It also included an analysis on profitability if smallholders had to pay certification costs by themselves, and the premium fee required in making certification profitable for smallholders.

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Independent
2016
Environmental
Assessment of the guidance and recommendations for soil erosion control set out within the RSPO P&C.

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Independent
2016
Environmental
Indonesia
Effectiveness of Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) for reducing fires on oil palm concessions in Indonesia from 2012 to 2015.

The study aimed at comparing the density of fire detections, fire ignitions, or ‘escaped’ fires between certified and non-certified concessions, and if the pattern changed with increasing likelihood of fires in concessions located on peatland and in dry years.

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Independent
2016
Environmental
Assessing the potential additionality of certification by the RTRS and RSPO.

Research examined the potential additionality of RTRS and RSPO in mitigating conversion of native vegetation in cropland.

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Independent
2015
Economic, Environmental, Social
Malaysia
The impacts of RSPO on the livelihood of smallholders: Case studies in East Malaysia, Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil, Malaysia.

This study was done to examine the economic, environmental and social impacts of RSPO adoptions on independent smallholders’ livelihoods.

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