Palm oil is a type of edible vegetable oil derived from the fruit of the oil palm tree (Elaeis guineensis), native to West Africa but now widely grown in tropical regions, particularly in ...

Palm oil has several effects on brain and heart health. It's high in saturated fat, which can make it inflammatory and increase the risk of heart disease. You may reap the benefits of high-quality ...

Could the right olive oil, by contrast, be a miracle cure? And if you’re concerned about the environment, you may have heard you should steer clear of palm oil at all costs. When it comes to ...

India's palm oil imports in January plunged to their lowest level in nearly 14 years as refiners replaced the tropical oil ...

Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) futures are expected to average higher in 2025 than last year, as top producer Indonesia ...

Jakarta is celebrating the WTO ruling, but analysts warn demand and market access issues could stall hopes of progress for it ...

A research team led by the University of Oxford has carried out the most comprehensive assessment to date of how logging and conversion to oil palm plantations affect tropical forest ecosystems.

Don't write off logged tropical forests -- converting to oil palm plantations has even wider effects on ecosystems. ScienceDaily . Retrieved February 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases ...

Illegal deforestation has reportedly surged to record levels in a wildlife reserve at the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra ...

After a tip-off about unsustainable logging at a state-run oil palm plantation, Low Choon Chyuan conducted a year-long ...

The five finalists shared a combined $250,000 pool of advisory services from KPMG as part of the annual Nature Positive Challenge.

Malaysia's palm oil stocks at the end of December fell 6.91 per cent from a month earlier to a 19-month low of 1.71 million metric tons, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) data showed. Crude palm ...