فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Water resource management in oil palm plantations is a core topic in contemporary discussions on sustainable development, requiring a balance between the benefits of production landscapes and ecosystem stability. However, existing studies are scattered across the fields of hydrology, agricultural engineering, soil science, and governance, making it difficult to form an integrated understanding of management strategies adapted to different biophysical and climatic conditions. This gap has restricted the advancement of practical work in this field. To address this problem, this study conducts a systematic literature review of hydrological governance and adaptive water resource management strategies for oil palm systems, aiming synthesize and integrate contemporary scientific evidence on water resource management challenges and best practices for oil palm plantations, and to develop an integrated understanding of hydrological processes, management strategies, and environmental impacts. This study adopts the systematic literature review (SLR) method following the PRISMA protocol, using peer-reviewed articles indexed in Scopus and published from 2019 to 2025. Using pre-defined screening criteria including keywords, publication year, language, and open access status, the study identified 35 eligible studies, which are analyzed using thematic synthesis. The coding categories covered eight domains: hydrological change, irrigation and water use efficiency, drainage performance, groundwater regulation, water quality, soil and water processes, climate-related risks, and best practice measures. The study also identified five core research themes and four types of best practices reported in the literature.