Palm oil trees are major source of vegetable oil, ... The farmers also sell the kernels to J-Palm, which produces palm kernel oil at its factory.

The growing of oil palm trees, however, requires ongoing deforestation, which deeply impacts the local community by worsening air and water quality, while contributing to global climate change.

Indonesia on Wednesday handed over nearly 400,000 hectares (988,000 acres) of seized palm oil plantations to Agrinas Palma ...

When palm oil prices soared to record highs last year, a Malaysian estate manager surnamed Lim postponed replanting his old, unproductive trees for a third consecutive year to lock in profits - a ...

When grown right, palm oil can be sustainable Date: November 20, 2019 Source: Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne Summary: Turning an abandoned pasture into a palm tree plantation can be ...

BALI, Indonesia—The impact of El Niño could see the quantity of palm oil produced in Malaysia and Indonesia fall for the first time ever, according to Ranveer Chauhan, Global Head of Oil Palm ...

Gabon knows its oil won’t last forever, so officials are turning to the Central African nation’s rainforest for revenue — while also promising to preserve it. A plywood factory that aims to ...

SHARA TICKU We make an oil that looks and functions just like a palm oil, but we make it from yeast, not from trees. We think of it as bio-designed. It is natural.

The main issue with palm oil is it's extremely harmful impact on the planet. To produce palm oil, the fruit is collected from the trees, which can live an average of 28 to 30 years .

Palm oil and its derivatives can appear under many names. If you're concerned about the catastrophic deforestation caused by the palm industry, here’s what to look for.

Palm oil plantations have led to widespread deforestation in Indonesia. But now some farmers are turning to a different crop — damar, a kind of anti-palm oil, grown in forest-based farms.