Forest conservation areas in oil palm plantations play a vital role in storing carbon and boosting rainforest biodiversity, a new study on palm oil agriculture in Borneo has revealed. The study, led ...

Set-aside patches of high-quality forest on palm oil plantations may help protect species like orangutans, as well as various species of insects, birds and bats -- many of which are threatened with ...

The continued expansion of oil palm plantations will worsen the dual environmental crises of climate change and biodiversity loss, unless rainforests are better protected, warn scientists in the most ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A small project in Malaysian Borneo aims to create a forest corridor between two large protected areas. The reforested land comprises an old, legal ...

Lack of screening for legality by palm oil mills and refineries drives deforestation. PEKANBARU – An Eyes on the Forest (EoF) report published today demonstrates how crude palm oil tainted by ...

New pilot programmes aim to improve soil health, biodiversity and livelihoods while sustaining palm oil productivity.

The Okomu Oil Palm Company is majority-owned by Socfin, a French-Belgian multinational that operates plantations across West and Central Africa. Okomu’s concession lies inside a forest reserve that ...

Pablo J. Acosta García is affiliated with Centunion, Española de Coordinación Técnica y Financiera, S.A. This article is part of a series to commemorate International Day of Forests on March 21.

Indonesian farmer Albertus Wawan hopes a new government regulation means the small plot of land where he grows palm oil trees in a forest reserve on Borneo may be recognised as a legal plantation and ...

A study has found that patches of protected forest on oil palm plantations play an important role in helping to conserve endangered species including hornbill birds and dipterocarp trees. Forest ...