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A Comprehensive Approach to Monitoring Zero Deforestation, Zero Peat, and Zero Exploitation (NDPE) for Sustainable Land Management

A Comprehensive Approach to Sustainable Land Management

At DSNG Group, Landscape Monitoring program plays a crucial role in ensuring supply chain compliance with No Deforestation, No Peat, and No Exploitation (NDPE) policies as well as part of our commitment to &Green and ADB. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to own operations & all suppliers. We take a proactive and comprehensive approach to safeguarding our forests, preserving biodiversity, and ensuring the long-term health and vitality of these essential ecosystems.

We employ state-of-the-art techniques and technologies to effectively monitor forest landscapes within and beyond our concession areas. Some of these techniques include:

  • Remote Sensing: We utilize satellite imagery and aerial photography to monitor land use changes, detect deforestation, and assess forest health. We have subscribed to Global Forest Watch Pro and Satelligence to receive deforestation alerts.
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS): Our GIS specialists analyze spatial data to identify high conservation value and high carbon stock areas, enabling informed decision-making in land-use planning and conservation efforts.
  • Ground Surveys: Our trained teams conduct monthly ground surveys to gather data on flora, fauna, and habitat conditions. We also utilize SMART Patrol as an integrated tool for monitoring our concession and conservation areas, enabling us to collect data on forest cover, wildlife sightings, and human activities. This data helps us detect and address potential environmental risks promptly and inform our conservation efforts.
  • Community Engagement: We actively engage local communities in monitoring efforts, encouraging collaboration and knowledge sharing on sustainable forest management.

DSNG monitors deforestation in the landscape associated with its Plantation operations. The areas included in the scope of monitoring (Area of Interest (AoI)) are nucleus plantations, plasma plantations, DSNG supplier independent smallholder plantations, and conservation areas outside concessions managed with communities.

The following is a list of reports on deforestation complaints from stakeholders (2020-2024)

The following is a list of deforestation within and outside DSNG concessions reported by stakeholders:

The following table and chart details the 2020-2024 period within and outside the concession:

Satelligence

Monitoring is conducted using deforestation alerts from the Satelligence platform and field verification when necessary. DSNG collaborates with Satelligence since 1st December 2022 to monitor real-time deforestation risk monitoring across all company concession areas and its supply base. Click here for more information

During 2024, Satelligence conducted monitoring throughout the DSNG area both inside and outside the concession, with the following results:

Field verification results showed that some land clearing was caused by the following:

The area covered by the supplier’s concession is divided into several regions as follows:

  • The above area is the supplier area obtained from a 50 km radius of the PKS location. Therefore, it is the total area of the community within the PKS radius, which may be converted into oil palm plantations.
  • For areas without a PKS, we set a 1 km radius from the concession boundary, including our own concessions as well as the RaCP Laman Satong and Lemmanis concessions.
  • For external supplier areas, the total area within a 50 km radius of the PKS is used, minus other concessions within that radius, such as other plantation concessions, mines, HTI, settlements, etc.

For this, We monitor 436.629 ha in total using Satelligence and this hectarage represents 100% of our own concessions and also 100% of our suppliers’ concessions.

Here’s a look at Satelligence’s collaboration with DSNG in DSNG’s operational areas in Kalimantan and an example of a boundary landscape that includes our supplier areas in DSNG’s subsidiaries, accessible here.