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This thesis analyses the emergence of environmental governance in palm oil sector in Indonesia, the world's largest producer. Focusing on the establishment of Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) in 2011, this study is the first systematic examination of Indonesian palm oil producers and regulators to the emergence and increasing influence of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Indonesian producers' perceptions, attitudes and actions are analysed within a unique theoretical and conceptual framework that views ISPO as a form of state-centred environmental governance that flourished in the fertile soil of Indonesia's historical legacy of sovereignty and corporatism.
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The governance arrangements of sustainable oil palm initiatives in Indonesia Multilevel interactions between public and private actors Key messages • Different types of interactions are emerging involving public and private (non-state) actors across sustainability initiatives in the palm oil sector in Indonesia. • Such initiatives include the development of government standards for sustainable palm oil, legislation related to the setting aside of conservation areas, a 'wave' of provincial and district Green Growth programs, a focus on jurisdictional approaches, and efforts around smallholder registration. These have been accompanied by the emergence of a number of political 'champions' in the form of provincial and district leaders. • Some initiatives can help to implement immediate specific sustainability objectives by filling implementation gaps, by bearing some operational costs and by speeding up regulatory change. • To bring about the transformation and to move beyond a proliferation of pilot schemes, interactions would need to survive political cycles and align with ongoing national processes of reform around natural resource policy. • Those initiatives intended as innovative pilots or to kick start a process in unclear legal contexts may benefit from acting quickly outside of more formal state systems. However, there are clear benefits in integrating initiatives into existing executive systems to help weather and uncertain electoral cycles. • Some actions by non-state actors act to strengthen the capacity of public authority and accountability, whereas others can weaken or undermine these public systems.
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