The publication of this book is in response to developments in the palm oil industry and the global market, which are currently driving a shift towards meeting sustainability standards. This trend is a major challenge for smallholder oil palm farmers due to their financial constraints, including limited financial resources. The Farmers for Forest Fund (4F) scheme, as a form of smallholder finance, aims to provide the necessary financial support to oil palm smallholders. The 4F scheme provides incentives and benefits to oil palm smallholders in return for community-based forest protection. This framework will be used to approach the case examples of several villages in Sanggau and Sekadau Districts, West Kalimantan Province – districts and provinces that are important in the context of oil palm smallholders, deforestation and sustainable plantations, and oil palm and forest governance. These selected villages are planned as pilot sites for future implementation of the 4F program.
This book has been made possible with the collaboration and financial support of the Union of Oil Palm Smallholders (SPKS) and the High Carbon Stock Approach (HCSA) Secretariat. The development of Scheme 4F is part of a pilot test of the High Carbon Stock/High Conservation Value (HCS/HCV) approach with simplified implementation for oil palm smallholders. This research is part of the Trade, Development and the Environment (Trade Hub) research funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Global Challenge Research Fund. The publication of this book has been made possible with the support of the Institute for Sustainable Earth and Resources (I-SER) FMIPA UI and UI Publishing as publishers.
CCSF UI – Farmers for Forest Fund – 29.07.2023 – 09.36
