Deforestation: The expansion of palm oil plantations is the leading cause of rainforest destruction in Southeast Asia.Trees are felled or burned, destroying the biodiverse ecosystems that ...

You can get a kilo of palm oil for just $2. But its usage has become unsurprisingly controversial, as huge areas of rainforest have been cut down or burned to make way for palm plantations.

Governments in major palm oil exporters Malaysia and Indonesia have been aiming to regulate the industry. Two recent ...

Indonesia’s Supreme Court has upheld the government’s decision to block further expansion of the Tanah Merah oil palm project ...

Palm oil is so widely used that it's in increasing demand across the world. This means increased production which unfortunately has led to deforestation. The rainforest is rich in different ...

MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are trucked to a mill for processing in mainland Malaysia. Oil palms yield more oil per acre than do other crops. But soaring demand for the ...

The companies that sell palm oil have a choice, they can produce it on existing plantations OR they can cut down more rainforest. I have a choice too…. I can look for palm oil that is grown ...

Greenpeace Aotearoa says that New Zealand dairy has been linked to deforestation inside the wildlife reserve featured in ...

The oil palm tree is native to one of the largest contiguous blocks of lowland rainforest in West Africa, and provides food and habitat for many animals, including threatened species. Grown in ...

Stagnating palm-oil production and a biodiesel push in Indonesia could keep the price of cooking oil high for years.

The climate-damaging palm oil boom immediately brought many jobs ... Second, the climate impacts of rainforest clearing in Indonesia also affect the country itself. "Whether the government ...

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...