NDLI: Understanding the Impacts of Land-Use Policies on a Threatened Species: Is There a Future for the Bornean Orang-utan?

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Author	Wich, Serge A. Gaveau, David Abram, Nicola Marc, Ancrenaz Baccini, Alessandro Brend, Stephen Curran, Lisa Delgado, Roberto A. Erman, Andi Fredriksson, Gabriella M. Goossens, Benoit Husson, Simon J. Lackman, Isabelle Marshall, Andrew J. Naomi, Anita Elis, Molidena Anton, Nurcahyo Odom, Kisar Panda, Adventus Rafiastanto, Andjar Ratnasari, Dessy Santana, Adi H. Imam, Sapari Schaik, Carel P. Van Sihite, Jamartin Spehar, Stephanie Santoso, Eddy Amat, Suyoko Albertus, Tiju Usher, Graham Utami, Atmoko Sr.i Suci Willems, Erik P. Erik, Meijaard Nardiyono Purnomo
Editor	Sharon, Gursky-doyen
Copyright Year	2012
Abstract	The geographic distribution of Bornean orang-utans and its overlap with existing land-use categories (protected areas, logging and plantation concessions) is a necessary foundation to prioritize conservation planning. Based on an extensive orang-utan survey dataset and a number of environmental variables, we modelled an orang-utan distribution map. The modelled orang-utan distribution map covers 155,106 km2 (21% of Borneo's landmass) and reveals four distinct distribution areas. The most important environmental predictors are annual rainfall and land cover. The overlap of the orang-utan distribution with land-use categories reveals that only 22% of the distribution lies in protected areas, but that 29% lies in natural forest concessions. A further 19% and 6% occurs in largely undeveloped oil palm and tree plantation concessions, respectively. The remaining 24% of the orang-utan distribution range occurs outside of protected areas and outside of concessions. An estimated 49% of the orang-utan distribution will be lost if all forest outside of protected areas and logging concessions is lost. To avoid this potential decline plantation development in orang-utan habitats must be halted because it infringes on national laws of species protection. Further growth of the plantation sector should be achieved through increasing yields in existing plantations and expansion of new plantations into areas that have already been deforested. To reach this goal a large scale island-wide land-use masterplan is needed that clarifies which possible land uses and managements are allowed in the landscape and provides new standardized strategic conservation policies. Such a process should make much better use of non-market values of ecosystem services of forests such as water provision, flood control, carbon sequestration, and sources of livelihood for rural communities. Presently land use planning is more driven by vested interests and direct and immediate economic gains, rather than by approaches that take into consideration social equity and environmental sustainability.
Related Links	http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0049142
Starting Page	49142
File Format	PDF
ISSN	19326203
e-ISSN	19326203
Journal	PLoS ONE
Issue Number	11
Volume Number	7
Language	English
Publisher	Public Library of Science
Publisher Date	2012-11-01
Access Restriction	Open
Rights Holder	Public Library of Science
Subject Keyword	Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology(all) Agricultural and Biological Sciences(all) Medicine(all) Research in Higher Education
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Multidisciplinary

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