Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil rising, ...

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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 ...

Chemax says that wells located near deep rooted oil palm trees were particularly affected. For the past two years, some ...

Across swaths of Southeast Asia, maturing palm oil trees, some as tall as a 12-story building, are turning into a multibillion-dollar headache for local farmers, regional governments and consumers ...

Palm oil. It’s in your snacks, your soap, pretty much everything. But palm oil plantations have caused vast deforestation. Can these three tech executives help fix things? Palm oil. It’s in your ...

To qualify as a sustainable producer of oil palm fruit bunches, from which palm oil is made, a company like Urun Plantations must offer affected communities the chance to give their free, prior and ...