If you liked this story, share it with other people. Community residents and researchers alike decry what they say is dangerous pollution leaching into soil and waterways from oil palm plantations and ...

For thousands of years, the oil palm - indigenous to West Africa – has had an intimate relationship with people. An explosive expansion of oil palm groves throughout western and central Africa in the ...

In case you don't know, palm oil is the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet Earth, in Nigeria especially the market size is huge and growing. Oil Palm Plantation This means business ...

Extreme weather is affecting productivity of palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia Anti-deforestation regulations are also pushing the industry to improve sustainability practices ...

*This article is a collaboration between Mongabay Latam and GK, Ecuador. At the beginning of June 2020, Ecuador’s National Assembly overwhelmingly passed the Oil Palm Law, officially called the Law ...

Palm oil derives from the fruit of the oil palm tree. Its high fat content has led to concerns that it may raise cholesterol levels and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, ...

Palm oil is a versatile vegetable oil that's ubiquitous in cosmetics and personal care products as well as packaged foods, cleaning products, and even biofuel. Making up a third of the global oil ...

The year began with a judgment over a patent law dispute involving the Tai family of Malaysia (Soon Seng Palm Oil Mill (Gemas) Sdn Bhd and others v Jang Kim Luang @ Yeo Kim Luang and others). The ...