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Ketapang Oil Palm Smallholders Channel RSPO Funds to Education, Village Development, and Orangutan Conservation
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Palmoilmagazine.com
Oil palm smallholders in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, are demonstrating how sustainability certification can generate broader community benefits.
Through the RSPO Smallholder Social Responsibility (SSR) program, incentive funds have been invested in education, village infrastructure, reforestation, and orangutan conservation, highlighting the wider social and environmental value of sustainable palm oil.
PALMOILMAGAZINE, KETAPANG, INDONESIA — Sustainable palm oil certification is delivering benefits beyond the farm gate, with oil palm smallholders in Ketapang, West Kalimantan, using incentive funds from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) to support education, community infrastructure, environmental restoration, and wildlife conservation.
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Beyond strengthening farmer organizations, the program has contributed to village development, improved human capital, and supported biodiversity conservation in oil palm landscapes.