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, ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The KBBI adopts a new word to define lowercase letters. More serious is the change of definition of the oil palm from a plant to a tree. Oil palm is a monocot plant. It does not ...

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 (Reuters) - Malaysia palm oil companies must replant its vast hectarage of old, unproductive palm oil trees to overcome stagnant yields and maintain its competitiveness as the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 (Reuters) - 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 ...

PONTIAN, Malaysia (Reuters) -Malaysian farmer Suratmen Mosman faces a dilemma that threatens to sap supply from the world's top palm oil exporters and drive up prices of the vegetable oil essential to ...

On a former sugarcane plantation in Oahu that was abandoned for decades, rows of trees now grow in the degraded soil. The trees—called pongamia—aren’t new to Hawaii. But a company called Terviva is ...

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, ...