A new study suggests that RSPO certification can make a farm less efficient, both before and after the certification has been ...

Researchers studied oil palm growth throughout key plantation regions across Indonesia. They found that drought conditions, ...

Palm oil is a billion-dollar industry in Indonesia, which is the world's largest producer and exporter of the commodity ...

Palm oil companies in Indonesia continue to operate on protected peatlands and clear forests, despite having their forestry ...

There's no science to back up claims that castor oil is good for hair. Nevertheless, some put this age-old traditional medicine remedy on their scalp to moisturize the skin, reduce dandruff, and ...

KUANTAN, March 10 (Bernama) -- The operation to extinguish the fire at a 176-hectare oil palm plantation and forest along the Kuantan-Sungai Ular bypass, Gebeng, which started on Feb 22, has been ...

Over a decade on from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, could we do a better job at cleaning it up today? (Credit: Getty Images) Major oil spills can be catastrophic for seabirds and marine life.

Vegetable oil agriculture can have devastating deforestation impacts - famously true of the palm oil industry as well as others. Alongside environmental damage, deforestation has a large and lasting ...

A group of oil-producing countries known as OPEC+ will proceed with a long-delayed hike in oil production. Eight countries that have repeatedly delayed production increases will now move forward ...

Every time you toss up instant noodles, pick up a chocolate cube or load up on breads and cakes from the shop shelf, you could be having palm oil they are laced with that clogs up the arteries in your ...

The Saudi-led cartel said its members would start gradually pumping more oil in April. By Rebecca F. Elliott Oil prices fell on Monday afternoon to their lowest level of the year after the OPEC ...

United Nations special rapporteurs have singled out Indonesia’s second-largest palm oil company, PT Astra Agro Lestari (AAL), for alleged human rights violations and environmental degradation ...