Isabelle Lackman

TL;DR: A regional study to investigate spatial and economic components of forest conversion to oil palm within a tropical floodplain in the Lower Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, with globally relevant implications for similar floodplain landscapes undergoing forest transformation to agriculture such as oil palm.

TL;DR: It is suggested that forest patches, even when small, fragmented and degraded, are required to sustain the species in human-transformed landscapes, which are incompatible with viable populations of orang-utans.

TL;DR: 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 to avoid potential decline in orang-utan habitats.

TL;DR: These results indicate that diligent planning prior to timber extraction and the implementation of reduced-impact logging practices can potentially be compatible with great ape conservation.

TL;DR: RedD+ can outcompete oil-palm in regions with low suitability, with low carbon prices and low carbon stock, and providing a robust approach for identifying and targeting limited REDD+ funds is demonstrated.