As part of efforts at boosting employment generation in the country, the National Directorate of Employment (NDE) is to create a new scheme under its Rural Employment Promotion programmes with ...

Five-year study shows islands increase ecosystem health without lowering crop yield, and a house built from concrete and nappies. Global demand for palm oil has resulted in huge expansion of the palm ...

Turning an abandoned pasture into a palm tree plantation can be carbon neutral, according to a new study. These findings, based on measurements of 56-year-old palm tree plantations in Colombia, ...

Producing palm oil sustainably requires nations to learn from each other’s best practices. Erin Pischke explores impacts of the cash crop in her guest blog. Have you eaten a candy bar recently? Or ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. Palm oil is cheap and easy to grow. It's no wonder why the versatile product is the most consumed oil ...

Palm oil is found in half the products sold in supermarkets and in biofuels. Around 50 per cent of the world’s supply is grown in Indonesia, mostly on massive plantations. Government land concessions ...

Eleven top scientists have slammed a proposed palm oil plantation in a Cameroonian rainforest surrounded by five protected areas. In an open letter, the researchers allege that Herakles Farm, which ...

In the 20 years between 1995 and 2015, global production of palm oil increased from 15.2 million tons to 62.6 million tons, according to the European Palm Oil Alliance. There's more palm oil produced ...

Plantaciones de Pucallpa is one of several industrial agriculture companies operating in Peru. It has been developing a palm oil plantation over the last several years. Researchers and ...

After a tip about unsustainable logging at a Malaysian state-run oil palm plantation, former Rainforest Investigations Network (RIN) Fellow Low Choon Chyuan launched a yearlong investigation, ...

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