Speed Read: Palm oil is the world’s most widely used vegetable oil But oil palm plantations are seen as environmentally destructive Farms
SciDevNet | Greener palm oil possible without sacrificing profit
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AJ | Indonesia: Police arrest businessman over journalists’ murder
"The suspects asked the victims why they had come to the plantation before a quarrel broke out, which ended in murder," said the North Sumatra police
IF | Deforestation: five years of corporate progress?
According to Global Forest Watch, 18m hectares of tree cover were lost in the tropics alone in 2018, including 3.1m hectares of primary forest. The Co
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To say that palm oil is divisive is an understatement. To its advocates, it is a cornerstone of economic development, making efficient use of land and
Changing Times | Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil is ‘greenwashing’ labelled products, environmental protection agency says
Trustee of the Indonesian Auditor Network Bart W. van Assen said that the authors of the new report are failing to grasp the fundamentally different r
Updated: Who Watches the Watchmen?
Siobhan Pearce, Forests Campaigner, said: “If the RSPO is not upholding any of its own rules and if its palm oil isn’t what it says it is on the t
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Phys | Extent of human encroachment into world’s protected areas revealed
"Our study shows that agriculture is the driving force behind threats to protected areas, particularity in the tropics," said Geldmann. "Our data does
LCA | Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of RSPO‑certified and Non‑certified Palm Oil
This report presents the executive summary of the first detailed life cycle assessment (LCA) study of palm oil production comparing the environmental
PHYS | What’s driving tropical deforestation? Scientists map 45 years of satellite images
The results of the study, published in the International Journal of Applied Earth Observation and Geoinformation, shows how the development of infrast