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 ...

TAMPIN - An object resembling an old bomb, identified as an Unexploded Ordnance (UXO), was discovered at an oil palm plantation at Jalan Batu Belang here on Monday. Tampin district police chief ...

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.

A Mega Oil Palm Plantation Program was successfully held today at Garjee Sector in Tripura's Gomati district, marking a significant step towards promoting oil palm cultivation under the National ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Palm oil is found in half the products sold in supermarkets and in biofuels. Around 50 per cent of the world’s supply is grown in Indonesia, mostly on massive plantations. Government land concessions ...

There are over 3,000 small and medium Oil Palm smallholders who are eagerly awaiting the government to lift the ban imposed in 2012 for them to restart cultivation once again. The Haritha Derana ...

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 ...

Palm oil is found in half the products sold in supermarkets and in biofuels. Around 50 per cent of the world’s supply is grown in Indonesia, mostly on massive plantations.