Having “islands” of trees peppered across oil palm plantations can boost the biodiversity of the landscape while maintaining crop yields, a new study shows. Researchers found that biodiversity and ...

Six and a half million acres. That’s the size of Indonesia’s Leuser Ecosystem, one of the most ancient and biodiverse places ...

The palm oil industry shows that with government action, sustainable change is possible. And as the oil continues to evolve—from industry practices to research exploring its nutritional properties—so ...

Large-scale monoculture plantations have devastated tropical forests worldwide, but a recent study finds that creating islands of native trees can be a way to restore biodiversity on degraded lands.

Palm oil is poised for a bullish run as Indonesia ramps up its biofuel ambitions, a move that is expected to slash supplies available for export from the world’s top producer and deepen a global ...

Authorities in Aceh have removed 18.5 hectares of illegal oil palm planted inside a protected forest in Babahrot Subdistrict, ...

KANSAS CITY— The global palm oil market is managing a slew of conundrums. While it is the most consumed vegetable oil in the world, it also is considered by some groups as “the world’s most hated crop ...