Web Applications to Support Sustainable Palm Oil

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World Resources Institute

Web Applications to Support Sustainable Palm Oil

Anne Rosenbarger

Sekala / World Resources Institute

RSPO CB Workshop Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

20-21 June 2012

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Ideas  Action  Impact

Linking sustainable palm oil expansion and sustainable forest management through the utilization of degraded lands rather than the conversion of forests Facilitating pilot “land swaps” and strengthening market and policy incentives for

widespread implementation

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• Suitability Mapper

• Forest Cover Analyzer

Project POTICO web applications

Developed to (1) support sustainable palm oil on low-carbon, low-

biodiversity ‘degraded land’ and (2)

strengthen incentives for avoiding

loss of high conservation values

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Our Suitability Mapper allows users to

customize a “potential suitability” map

that prioritizes “degraded land”

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Possible Uses

– Producers: identify high priority sites; discuss implications of different policy options (i.e. with NGOs, government officials)

– Government officials: discuss possible policy options for use of ‘degraded land’; land use planning

– Other ideas?

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Site Selection Considerations

For more details: How to identify degraded land for sustainable palm oil in Indonesia. <http://www.wri.org/publication/identifying-degraded-land-sustainable- palm-oil-indonesia>.

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Comprehensive Site Selection Process

For more details: How to identify degraded land for sustainable palm oil in Indonesia. <http://www.wri.org/publication/identifying-degraded-land-sustainable- palm-oil-indonesia>.

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Our “Forest Cover Analyzer” will alert to

risks regarding RSPO criterion 7.3

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Possible Uses

– Producers/CBs: check whether an area has been cleared prior to November 2005; show compliance; demonstrate maintenance of HCV set-asides

– Investors/Buyers/CBs: obtain permit information from clients/suppliers and check for evidence of compliance with RSPO Criterion 7.3

– RSPO: internal monitoring; HCV set asides

– NGOs: watchdog monitoring; share data

– Other ideas?

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Low Risk Example

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Low Risk Example: No tree cover loss since 2005

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Low Risk Example: Low current levels of primary forest and peatland

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Low Risk Example: All on legally convertible land

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High Risk Example

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High Risk Example: High tree cover loss since 2005 in primary forest

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High Risk Example: High current level of primary forest and peatland

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High Risk Example: High levels of Protection Forest (HL) and Production Forest (HP)

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Let’s work together!

• How might you use these tools to further your objectives?

• Interested in training/facilitation?

• Case study collaboration?

• Ideas for improvement?

• Want more information?

Washington:

Beth Gingold [email protected] Tel: +1 (202) 729 7826

Fred Stolle [email protected]

Tel: +1 (202) 729 7694 Bali:

Anne Rosenbarger [email protected] Sekala Fellow

Jakarta:

Rauf Prasodjo [email protected] Tel: +62 81 183 2320

Contact us:

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This project has received generous support from

• NewPage Corporation

• Walmart

• Johnson & Johnson Family of Consumer Companies

• The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs

• The Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency

• The International Finance Corporation – Biodiversity and Agricultural Commodities Program*

• The UK Department for International Development

*The International Finance Corporation is not responsible for the implementation or

administration of this project.

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What is “primary forest”?

• According to RSPO: A primary forest is a forest that has never been logged and has developed following natural disturbances and under natural processes,

regardless of its age. Also included as primary, are forests that are used

inconsequentially by indigenous and local communities living traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and sustainable use of biological diversity. The

present cover is normally relatively close to the natural composition and has arisen (predominantly) through natural regeneration. National interpretations should

consider whether a more specific definition is required.

• In our web applications:

– Tree cover loss in primary forest: Loss occurring in Intact Forest 2000 areas, as defined by WRI and Greenpeace report on intact forest landscapes (Hansen, M 2011, 60 m resolution Landsat).

– Forest cover  primary forest: Includes multiple land cover classes from 2010 land cover: closed forest, pole peat forest, closed peat swamp forest, riparian forest,

Web Applications to Support Sustainable Palm Oil