Orangutan Summit
Houston Zoo
October 2014
Finding common ground:
Operationalizing conservation in an oil
palm environment.
“The Executive Committee has subscribed to the RSPO. As of today, we are going to be sustainable”
THE END
…and we are working with Farmers
First Step:
Engaging the
Managers
Society
Economy Environment
Society
Sustainable Development
Environment
Society
Economy
“Sustainability” – Understanding the concept
This objective is NOT to find a win-win solution / it is to produce sustainable palm oil (whatever that takes) --- and maybe that results in win-win
situations too.
Society
Environment
This is the sustainability concept
Sustainable
Palm oil
production
Palm oil
production
Embracing the responsibility
Sustainable Palm Oil
Agriculture
Community
Environment
Understanding the responsibility
This means;
Society
Environment
Palm oil
production
EQUAL attention!!!
Palm oil
production
Society
Environment
Equal attention is NOT necessarily equal resources
Optimization and Intensification: BMP
Rainfall Variable
Topography Constant
Vegetation Variable
Land-use
ChangeVariable
Hydrology Constant
Fertilizer
ApplicationVariable
Harvest of
FFB - YieldVariable
Optimization and Intensification
Flora and Faunal Surveys: Baseline and Detailed
Identification, preservation and management of conservation areas.
Rehabilitation of suitable degraded areas
Advice on Integrating BioD into Estate Operations and Best Management Practices
What’s an HCV?
The HCV areas are defined as follows:
HCV1: areas containing globally, regionally or nationally significant concentrations of biodiversity values (e.g., endemism, endangered species)
HCV2: areas containing globally, regionally or nationally significant large landscape natural habitats, contained within, or containing, the management unit, where viable populations of most if not all naturally occurring species exist in natural patterns of distribution and abundance.
HCV3: areas that are in or contain rare, threatened or endangered ecosystems.
HCV4: areas that provide basic services of nature in critical situations (e.g., watershed protection, erosion control).
HCV5: areas fundamental to meeting basic needs of local communities (e.g., subsistence, health).
HCV6: areas critical to local communities’ traditional cultural identity (areas of cultural, ecological, economic or religious significance identified in co-operation with such local communities).
:
Orangutan = 0 Sunbear = 0
False Gharial = 0 Gibbon = 0
Conservation Biologists = 2
Bule = 1
Let’s go fishing….
47 Species of Fish
9 Endemic to Central Borneo
1 undescribed (new species?)
Camera Traps
Mist Nets (Understory Birds)
Standard Ecological Surveys compared to
“HCV Assessment”
Animal Species *Until May 2014
NO Species Common Name
IUCN
INDONESIAN LAW Endemic?
PP NO. 7 TAHUN 1999
265 Species 6 ~ 27
RSPO compared to ISPO
HCV’s not recognized under ISPO
Indonesian Regulations:
Ijin Lokasi (Concession)
IUP (Plantation Permit)
Hak Guna Usaha --- HGU
No HGU for Conservation Areas!
Now what?
Alternative: Hak Guna /Hak Pakai (Special Permit based on Management Plan)
“Monitoring and Managing Conservation Areas”
SCB ASIA Conference
MELACCA, 2014
Biodiversity Division
UNITED PLANTATIONS BHD/PT. SURYA SAWIT SEJATI
Central Kalimantan
Ultimate IPM ?
RSPO ?
Rats are considered one of the most serious pests in oil palm estates.
Rats cause damage to fruit bunches resulting in significant economic loss.
Use baits/poison to keep rat populations low
Barn owls (Tyto alba) as biological pest control
Barn owls not native to Borneo…. and not very common
Leopard cat (Prionailurus bengalensis) are common in many palm oil estate
Very little is known about leopard cats as rat predators in oil palm plantations
Methodology
Trap 10 leopard cats in purpose-made cage-traps
Fit them with VHF radio-transmitters
Deploy 20 camera traps in a 2000m x2500m trapping grid
Estimate rat population cat study sites using 100 small mammals traps. Use Capture-Mark-Recapture
0
2
4
6
8
10
12
14
16
Leopard Cat
DomesticCat
Activity pattern of leopard cat and domestic cat
in an oil palm landscape
(Silmi, et al 2013)
Code: LC B
Caught: July 16, 2014.
Code: LC A
Caught: July 02, 2014 .
Home Range (Ha)
ID Species
Sex 95 % MCP
LC A M 61.77
LC B M 23.35
Movement LC A
Day 1 (m) Day 2 (m)
Daily Movemen
t
2018.63 923.26
Shrub Species Compositions
No. Species Habit
1 Ageratum conyzoides Herb
2 Eupatorium odoratum shrubs
3 Ficus aurata shrubs
4 Lycopodium sp. Fern
5 Lygodium microphyllum Liana
6 Melastoma malabathricum shrubs
7 Mikania sp. Liana
8 Mucuna sp. Liana
9 Nephrolepis sp. Fern
10 Pseuderanthemum polyanthum Herb
11 Sida acuta shrubs
12 Stenochlaena sp Fern
13 Uncaria sp. Liana
Comprehensive understanding of habitat use and dispersal of leopard cat in the oil palm landscape.
Alternative native species for Integrated Pest Management.
IMPLEMENTATION OF SMART SOFTWARE FOR PATROLING CONSERVATION AREA IN PT SSS
1. Login
2. Map of conservation area
1
3. Employee List
4. Agency and Rank List
2
5. Patrol 5a. Patrol type and transportation list
5b. Patrol Mandates list
3
5c. Patrol Teams List
5d. Patrol Stations List
4
6. Creating and selecting member for new patrol plan
5
8. Data Input
8a. Updating Track from GPS
7
16 Apr 2013 15.01
PATROL REPORT APRIL 2013
1
Patrol ID Type Patrol
Start Date
Patrol
End Date
Station Team Objective Mandate Armed Patrol
Leg ID
Leader Patrol
Transport BIOD_000 Ground 11 Apr
2013
30 Apr
2013
Patrol Station Runtu Estate
Runtu
Team
Patrol for Illegal Logging
Logging
Control
false 1 Mislan Mislan [19740001
Motorbike
BIOD_000 Ground 13 Apr
2013
13 Apr
2013
BIOD HQ Lada
Team
Patrol to check the condition HCV area in Lada Estate April 2013
Law
Enforceme
false 1 Sakti Anggara Bayu Murti [19850001
Truck
BIOD_000 Ground 16 Apr
2013
30 Apr
2013
BIOD HQ Water Quality Team
To check water quality and sampling
Water
Sampling
false 1 Sakti Anggara Bayu Murti [19850001
Truck
BIOD_000 Ground 16 Apr
2013
16 Apr
2013
BIOD HQ Lada
Team
To patrol HCV area in Lada Estate
Law
Enforceme
false 1 Muhamma Silmi [19820001
Truck
Bjorn Dahlen [email protected] Green Harvest Environmental www.greenharvestconsulting.com Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
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