Rapid Expansion of Oil Palm Is Leading to Human–Elephant Conflicts in North Kalimantan Province of Indonesia

Budiwijaya Suba, Rachmat; van der Ploeg, Jan; van’t Zelfde, Maarten; Wah Lau, Yee; F. Wissingh, Thomas; Kustiawan, Wawan; de Snoo, G.R.; H. de Iongh, Hans

doi:10.1177/1940082917703508

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Rapid Expansion of Oil Palm Is Leading to Human–Elephant Conflicts in North Kalimantan Province of Indonesia

Published in Tropical Conservation Science • Jan 1, 2017

Authors:

Rachmat Budiwijaya Suba

Jan van der Ploeg

Maarten van’t Zelfde

Abstract

Crop raiding by Bornean elephants ( Elephas maximus borneensis) is increasing rapidly in North Kalimantan, mainly due to a rapid conversion of swiddens and secondary forest into oil palm plantations. In the Tulin Onsoi subdistrict, the area used by oil palm plantations has grown from 3,302.71 ha in ...

Subject

Palm oil

Elaeis guineensis

Geography

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