"The towns where most of the oil palm companies are, are where the indigenous towns are located. They depend on Mother Earth, water, air," activist Javier Coc told Business Insider Weekly.

Crude palm oil production was down 8.3% to 1.49 million tons, the lowest since March 2024, while palm oil exports fell 9.97% to a six-month low of 1.34 million tons. Malaysia's palm oil stocks ...