The global demand for palm oil—the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick—is driving worldwide tropical deforestation. While many ...

An international civil society organisation operating under the aegis of Solidaridad, has charged oil palm plantation owners to cultivate their palm plantations without cutting down trees or ...

Plantations are used to grow the oil palm tree, which is used to produce palm oil. This is found in food products, cosmetics, detergents and to a small extent biofuel.

JAKARTA — Indonesia’s highest court has upheld a $61 million fine against an oil palm company over massive fires on its plantation that razed an area seven times the size of New York City’s ...

KINABATANGAN: Peaceful coexistence between wildlife and humans is crucial, especially at oil palm plantations in eastern Sabah, where the estates are adjacent to dense forest.

Indonesia has found the overall size of its palm oil plantations is bigger than its database shows, among several initial findings of a state audit of the industry aimed at improving governance, ...

Islands of trees in oil palm plantations can significantly increase biodiversity within five years without reducing productivity. This has been shown by an experiment, which has been running for ...

Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed Date: May 2, 2024 Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst Summary: The global demand for palm oil -- the most widely ...