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Evaluating the effectiveness of palm oil certification in delivering multiple sustainability objectives.
This paper evaluates the effectiveness of RSPO plantations compared to non-certified plantations by assessing the relative performance of several key sustainability metrics (environmental, economic and social aspects) compared to business as usual practices.
RSPO certification impacts on oil palm smallholders’ welfare in Jambi Province
This paper aimed at analysing the benefits of RSPO certification on improving oil-palm smallholders’ welfare in Jambi Province. Read more (link)
The impact of RSPO on Dutch palm oil policy and regulation.
This study analyses the impact of RSPO on Dutch palm oil policy and regulation, as well on ways to explain the determined impacts.
The impact of RSPO membership on avoiding biodiversity losses in oil palm landscapes. A science-for-policy brief by the SEnSOR programme.
This study investigates the impact of RSPO membership on avoiding biodiversity losses, by looking at the role of High Conservation Value areas (HCVs).
Managing fire risk during drought: The influence of certification and El Ninõ on fire-driven forest conversion for oil palm in Southeast Asia.
This research has three main objectives to determine the following: (i) the fraction of forest and peat forest conversion for oil palm that involves fire, (ii) if certification alters fire use for forest conversion or the frequency of management or accidental fires in plantation areas, and (ii) if certified plantations have fewer satellite fire detections compared to non-certified plantations and surrounding lands, during El Niño years.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
