Indonesia - Oil palm planted on peat

Years available: 2004-2024

Data last updated: 27 Oct 2025

Oil palm on peatlands refers to the total area of oil palm (Gaveau et al., 2022; The TreeMap, 2025) planted on peatlands. Peatland areas were derived from Indonesia's official peatland map, which was published by the Indonesian Center for Agricultural Land Resources Research and Development within the Ministry of Agriculture in 2019 (Ministry of Agriculture, 2019).

Indonesia - Oil palm planted on peat (country)
Indonesia - Oil palm planted on peat (kabupaten)
Indonesia - Oil palm planted on peat (province)
Sources
  • Peatlands (Ministry of Agriculture, 2019)Nusantara Atlas (Gaveau et al., 2022; The TreeMap, 2025)
References
  • Gaveau, D. L. A., Locatelli, B., Salim, M. A., Husnayaen, Manurung, T., Descals, A., Angelsen, A., Meijaard, E., & Sheil, D. (2022). Slowing deforestation in Indonesia follows declining oil palm expansion and lower oil prices. PLOS ONE, 17(3), e0266178. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0266178
  • Ministry of Agriculture. (2019). Peta Lahan Gambut Indonesia Skala 1:50.000, Edisi Desember 2019 (Indonesian peatland map at 1:50,000 scale, December 2019 Edition) [Dataset].
  • The TreeMap. (2025). Nusantara Atlas [Dataset]. https://nusantara-atlas.org

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