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Mapping Ecosystem Services for Land Use Planning, the Case of Central Kalimantan

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Indonesia is subject to rapid land use change. One of the main causes for the conversion of land is the rapid expansion of the oil palm sector. Land use change involves a progressive loss of forest cover, with major impacts on biodiversity and global CO2 emissions. Ecosystem services have been proposed as a concept that would facilitate the identification of sustainable land management options, however, the scale of land conversion and its spatial diversity pose particular challenges in Indonesia. The objective of this paper is to analyze how ecosystem services can be mapped at the provincial scale, focusing on Central Kalimantan, and to examine how ecosystem services maps can be used for a land use planning. Central Kalimantan is subject to rapid deforestation including the loss of peatland forests and the provincial still lacks a comprehensive land use plan. We examine how seven key ecosystem services can be mapped and modeled at the provincial scale, using a variety of models, and how large scale ecosystem services maps can support the identification of options for sustainable expansion of palm oil production.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to thank Tropenbos Indonesia, the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry, Stephan Mantel, and Frans Rip for spatial data of Central Kalimantan; the Borneo Orangutan Survival Foundation for expert advice; Matthias Schroter, Roy Remme, Aritta Suwarno, and Peter van der Meer for discussion and comments on this manuscript; and two anonymous reviewers for their valuable suggestions for improving this manuscript. We would also like to thank all participants in the workshop, in particular Bihokda Handen from Central Kalimantan Provincial Forestry Agency. The financial support of the European Research Council (Grant Agreement No. 263027) is also thankfully acknowledged.

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  2. School of Life Sciences and Technology, Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), Jl Ganesa 10, Bandung, 40132, Indonesia

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Sumarga, E., Hein, L. Mapping Ecosystem Services for Land Use Planning, the Case of Central Kalimantan. Environmental Management 54, 84–97 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00267-014-0282-2

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