Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18399
Title: Future climate effects on suitability for growth of oil palms in Malaysia and Indonesia
Contributor(s): Paterson, R Russell M (author); Kumar, Lalit  (author)orcid ; Taylor, Subhashni  (author)orcid ; Lima, Nelson (author)
Publication Date: 2015
Open Access: Yes
DOI: 10.1038/srep14457Open Access Link
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/18399
Abstract: The production of palm oil (PO) is highly profitable. The economies of the principal producers, Malaysia and Indonesia, and others, benefit considerably. Climate change (CC) will most likely have an impact on the distribution of oil palms (OP) ('Elaeis guineensis'). Here we present modelled CC projections with respect to the suitability of growing OP, in Malaysia and Indonesia. A processoriented niche model of OP was developed using CLIMEX to estimate its potential distribution under current and future climate scenarios. Two Global Climate Models (GCMs), CSIRO-Mk3.0 and MIROC-H, were used to explore the impacts of CC under the A1B and A2 scenarios for 2030, 2070 and 2100. Decreases in climatic suitability for OP in the region were gradual by 2030 but became more pronounced by 2100. These projections imply that OP growth will be affected severely by CC, with obvious implications to the economies of (a) Indonesia and Malaysia and (b) the PO industry, but with potential benefits towards reducing CC. A possible remedial action is to concentrate research on development of new varieties of OP that are less vulnerable to CC.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: Scientific Reports, v.5, p. 1-11
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
Place of Publication: United Kingdom
ISSN: 2045-2322
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 090903 Geospatial Information Systems
040104 Climate Change Processes
070104 Agricultural Spatial Analysis and Modelling
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 401302 Geospatial information systems and geospatial data modelling
370201 Climate change processes
300206 Agricultural spatial analysis and modelling
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 960303 Climate Change Models
960310 Global Effects of Climate Change and Variability (excl. Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific) (excl. Social Impacts)
970107 Expanding Knowledge in the Agricultural and Veterinary Sciences
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 190501 Climate change models
190507 Global effects of climate change (excl. Australia, New Zealand, Antarctica and the South Pacific) (excl. social impacts)
280101 Expanding knowledge in the agricultural, food and veterinary sciences
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
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