DAMPAK EKONOMI DAN LINGKUNGAN EKSPANSI PERKEBUNAN KELAPA SAWIT (STUDI KASUS: DESA PENYABUNGAN, KECAMATAN MERLUNG, KABUPATEN TANJUNG JABUNG BARAT, JAMBI)
ABSTRACT: Oil palm is one of
the major plantation commodity that earns foreign exchange. The expansion of
oil palm plantation potentially gives not only economic benefits, but also the
environmental problems. Therefore, the economic and environmental impacts of
oil palm plantation expansion need to be assessed. This study uses revenue
analysis to estimate the economic benefits, descriptive analysis to identify
environmental impacts, and to estimate external costs using replacement cost
and cost of illness. In this research, expansion is defined as the conversion
of a part of or whole rubber plantation to oil palm plantation. The expansion
resulted in farmers turning some or all of rubber gardens into palm oil
plantations that resulted in an increase in revenues of 40.52%. In addition to
the on-farm sector, farmers benefit from off-farm (24.46%) and non-farm
(25.61%), bringing the total increase of farmers' income by 33.42%. Based on
community perceptions of environmental impacts due to oil palm plantation
expansion in the form of reduced quantity of groundwater, water pollution, and
decreased animal population. The environmental impact of crude palm oil (CPO)
factories is to produce liquid waste from palm oil processing that raises
external costs for the community in the form of the replacement cost of clean
water and the cost of illness
Penulis: Rany Utami, Eka Intan
Kumala Putri, Meti Ekayani
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd170477
