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Europe would be larger than that of current transformation in Southeast Asia; there
is a disadvantage of newcomers.
7.4.3 Regionalization of Land Use Impact Assessment
Although the previous section clarified the significance of scenarios in land use
impact assessment through conducting hypothetical comparisons, more detailed
regional conditions have to be specified in land use scenario construction.
7.4.3.1 Regionalization Based on Oil Palm Productivity
The purpose of this subsection is to assess land use impacts of oil palm production.
Twelve provinces of Indonesia in Borneo and Sumatra are selected as case study
regions (Fig. 7.4). Characterization factors of ecosystem damage potential (EDP)
are tentatively used as the impact category.
Inventory data of palm fruit bunches at the farm level (ecoinvent 2.2) were modified to reflect yield differences of oil palm production among provinces. The oil
palm productivity data in each province are based on the values of CPO in JIRCAS
and MURCI (2006), which are changed into the values of FFB using the conversion
coefficient in Corley and Tinker (2003).
The results are shown in Table 7.2. First, EDPs of land transformation are larger
than those of land occupation. The former values are in general 38 times larger than
the latter values. Second, EDPs of North Sumatra and Riau, the main production
areas of oil palm in Indonesia, are relatively low.
Table 7.1 Impact of land use change on species richness (wS 100 /kg)
Product Scenario
Occupation Transformation
Rape oil Feedstock production: conventional production in
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, from intensive
grassland to intensive crop production
0.0191
0.0398
Oil production: Europe
Rape oil Feedstock production: conventional production in
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, from natural forest to
intensive crop production
0.0191
6.01
Oil production: Europe
Palm oil Feedstock production: Malaysia, from intensive
rubber to agroforestry
0.00473
0.000851
Oil production: Malaysia
Palm oil Feedstock production: Malaysia, from natural
forest to agroforestry
0.00473
0.0421
Oil production: Malaysia
7 Land Use Change Impacts: National and Regional Scales
Europe would be larger than that of current transformation in Southeast Asia; there
is a disadvantage of newcomers.
7.4.3 Regionalization of Land Use Impact Assessment
Although the previous section clarified the significance of scenarios in land use
impact assessment through conducting hypothetical comparisons, more detailed
regional conditions have to be specified in land use scenario construction.
7.4.3.1 Regionalization Based on Oil Palm Productivity
The purpose of this subsection is to assess land use impacts of oil palm production.
Twelve provinces of Indonesia in Borneo and Sumatra are selected as case study
regions (Fig. 7.4). Characterization factors of ecosystem damage potential (EDP)
are tentatively used as the impact category.
Inventory data of palm fruit bunches at the farm level (ecoinvent 2.2) were modified to reflect yield differences of oil palm production among provinces. The oil
palm productivity data in each province are based on the values of CPO in JIRCAS
and MURCI (2006), which are changed into the values of FFB using the conversion
coefficient in Corley and Tinker (2003).
The results are shown in Table 7.2. First, EDPs of land transformation are larger
than those of land occupation. The former values are in general 38 times larger than
the latter values. Second, EDPs of North Sumatra and Riau, the main production
areas of oil palm in Indonesia, are relatively low.
Table 7.1 Impact of land use change on species richness (wS 100 /kg)
Product Scenario
Occupation Transformation
Rape oil Feedstock production: conventional production in
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, from intensive
grassland to intensive crop production
0.0191
0.0398
Oil production: Europe
Rape oil Feedstock production: conventional production in
Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, from natural forest to
intensive crop production
0.0191
6.01
Oil production: Europe
Palm oil Feedstock production: Malaysia, from intensive
rubber to agroforestry
0.00473
0.000851
Oil production: Malaysia
Palm oil Feedstock production: Malaysia, from natural
forest to agroforestry
0.00473
0.0421
Oil production: Malaysia
7 Land Use Change Impacts: National and Regional Scales