Researchers have identified 6.5 million hectares of previously unrecorded oil palm growing wild, semi-wild and in gardens, ...

Africa has 6.53M hectares of unrecorded non-plantation oil palms DRC and Nigeria hold largest areas; mostly wild or semi-wild palms Study suggests hidden palms support food security, local economies ...

Water and soil pollution: Palm oil mill effluent (POME) is highly oxygen-demanding, depleting dissolved oxygen in waterways.

An curved arrow pointing right. While palm oil is known for being cheap and controversial, red palm oil is artisanally made and much more expensive. The vibrantly colored oil is made from palm fruits ...

If you go to the grocery store and wander to the bakery aisle, you’ll find it there. The cosmetics aisle? It’s there too. Same for the shampoo section, the deodorants section and the laundry aisle.

Terra Oleo had operated in stealth for years, developing yeast strains capable of producing high-value oils that don't need ...

As Iceland becomes the first UK supermarket to pledge to remove palm oil from its own-brand products, you’d be forgiven for scratching your head and wondering what on earth it is. While it might be a ...

Tonderai Chibasa, manager of Tariff and Trade Remedies at XA Global Trade Advisors, said Unilever argued that palm oil is an essential raw material in many products on supermarket ...