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Multi-stakeholder initiative governance as assemblage: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil as a political resource in land conflicts related to oil palm plantations

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Published 2014 by 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Authored by Köhne, M.

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Sustainability Approaches:

Voluntary Sustainability Standards

Sustainability Tools:

Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO)

Sustainability Issues:

Rights of indigenous peoples and local communities

Outcomes of Interest:

Land rights

Specific Themes:

Indigenous peoples

Sectors:

Agriculture

Products:

Palm oil

Sustainable Development Goals:

SDG 12 - Responsible Production and Consumption
Region/Country:

Geographies:

Asia

Countries:

Indonesia

Summary

This article examines the ways in which actors us Multi-Stakeholder Initiatve (MSI) regulation in land conflicts, using two case studies of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Multi-stakeholder initiative governance as assemblage: Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil as a political resource in land conflicts related to oil palm plantations

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Published 2014 by 2020 Springer Nature Switzerland AG. Authored by Köhne, M.

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