In recent years, various actors in the palm oil sector are increasingly adopting landscape and jurisdictional approaches to eliminate deforestation in the supply chain. For example, the Siak Pelalawan Landscape Programme (SPLP) is a private sector-driven initiative to achieve sustainable palm oil production in Siak and Pelalawan districts in Riau, Indonesia (SPLP, 2023). RSPO has also developed a Jurisdictional Approach Pilot Framework to guide the certification of sustainable palm oil at the jurisdictional level. Meanwhile, the European Union REDD (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation) Facility, in collaboration with World Resources Institute Indonesia and the district government of Banyuasin in South Sumatra, is piloting a jurisdictional approach to improve the sustainability and legality of land use and related palm oil production.
Learn more in this briefing note by World Resources Institute.
