Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes (OPAL) Online Research Seminar Series
Landcape Oil palm plantation in Muara Kaman Ilir village, East Kalimantan. Photo by Ricky Martin/CIFOR
Game developed by PhD Student Nur Hasanah (ETH Zurich) for Indonesia
Photo: Nur Hasanah
Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes (2015-2021)
The OPAL Project, funded by the SNF-r4d programme, took place from March 2015 until May 2021 in the following participating countries: Cameroon, Colombia, Indonesia and Switzerland. Using disciplinary research as well as participatory approaches such as role-playing games, we have been enhancing knowledge on oil palm landscapes and fostering dialogues that could lead to shared solutions across perspectives and complexities. Learn more
The consortium was led by ETH Zurich and included international institutions (CIFOR, CIRAD, WWF), universities (University of Javeriana, Bogor Agricultural University, EPF Lausanne), and consulting firms specialized in oil palm (NES Naturaleza), and a number of local grower associations.
The OPAL Project has been taking place in Switzerland and in three oil palm growing countries: Cameroon, Colombia, and Indonesia.
Find out more about the activities and achievements in each country:
Oil Palm Adaptive Landscapes (OPAL)
c/o Prof. Jaboury Ghazoul
Chair of Ecosystem Management
Department of Environmental System Sciences
ETH Zurich
Universitätstrasse 16
8092 Zürich
Switzerland