Industrial Palm Oil Expansion in Indonesia and Malaysia (1970-2010)

1. Malaysia shifts FELDA settlements toward oil palm

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: FELDA, Oil palm

   • FELDA
   • Malaysia palm

2. Indonesia begins rapid growth from a small base

   Jan 1, 1970Labels: Indonesia, Oil palm

   • Indonesia palm

3. Indonesia promotes smallholders via PIR/NES schemes

   Jan 1, 1979Labels: PIR NES, Nucleus-plasma

   • JSTAGE PIR
   • ScienceDirect

4. Malaysia builds centralized palm oil R&D capacity

   Jan 1, 1979Labels: PORIM, R&D

   • Malaysia palm
   • PORIM MPOB

5. Large-scale oil palm expands in Malaysian Borneo

   Jan 1, 1990Labels: Sarawak, Large-scale plantation

   • Sarawak econ
   • SOP timeline

6. Indonesia’s oil palm area surpasses one million hectares

   Jan 1, 1990Labels: Indonesia, Oil palm

   • Indonesia palm

7. Indonesia enacts Forestry Law No. 41/1999

   Sep 30, 1999Labels: Forestry Law, Indonesia

   • UNODC law
   • Law 41 1999

8. Indonesia’s oil palm area accelerates in the 2000s

   Jan 1, 2000Labels: Indonesia, Oil palm

   • Indonesia palm
   • USDA 2009

9. Malaysia forms the Malaysian Palm Oil Board

   May 1, 2000Labels: MPOB, Malaysia

   • MPOB
   • MPOB wiki

10. ASEAN signs transboundary haze pollution agreement

    Jun 10, 2002Labels: ASEAN Agreement, Transboundary haze

    • ASEAN Haze
    • NUS CIL

11. RSPO established to define “sustainable” palm oil

    Jan 1, 2004Labels: RSPO, Sustainability

    • RSPO
    • RSPO date

12. Malaysia adopts National Biofuel Policy

    Jan 1, 2006Labels: National Biofuel, Malaysia

    • IEA policy
    • ADB policy

13. Indonesia surpasses Malaysia in palm oil production

    Dec 31, 2007Labels: Indonesia, Production leader

    • USDA 2007
    • USDA 2010

14. Indonesia reaches nearly eight million hectares by 2010

    Jan 1, 2010Labels: Indonesia, 7 82M

    • Indonesia palm
    • USDA 2010