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Forest Policy and Economics 78 (2017) 32–39 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Forest Policy and Economics journal homepage: /locate/forpol Conversion of forests into oil palm plantations in West Kalimantan, Indonesia: Insights from actors power and its dynamics Doni Prabowo a,b, Ahmad Maryudi a,⁎, Senawi a, Muhammad A. Imron a a Faculty of Forestry, Universitas Gadjah Mada, Yogyakarta 55281, Indonesia b Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Indonesia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Oil palm plantations have been touted as one of the main drivers of deforestation in Indonesia. This paper aims to Received 1 May 2016 explain how oil palm companies accumulate power that enables them to control forestland and convert it into oil Received in revised form 4 January 2017 palm. Specifically, this paper identifies empirical evidence pointing to why oil palm companies emerge as pow- Accepted 4 January 2017 erful actors in land use conflicts. This paper uses the case of forest lands claimed by different actors – i.e. a timber Available online xxxx plantation company, an oil palm company, and local communities – in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Before the Keywords: decentralisation policy, the interests of timber plantations were principally safeguarded by coercion from the for- Land use est ministry. The timber company was also supported by local comm