The Smallholder Palm Oil Farmers Union (SPKS) encourages its members to implement best and sustainable cultivation practices.

A 2017 investigation by Mongabay and The Gecko Project documented how former Seruyan leader Darwan Ali blanketed the district in oil palm plantation concessions beginning in the mid-2000s ...

JAKARTA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia has clamped down on exports of used cooking oil (UCO) and palm oil residue to ensure supply to domestic cooking oil and biodiesel industries, the government ...

First Mouse With Two Male Parents to Reach Adulthood Jan. 28, 2025 — A team of stem cell scientists have successfully used embryonic stem cell engineering to create a bi-paternal mouse -- a ...

he government is tightening regulations on right-to-cultivate (HGU) permits for oil palm plantations, requiring applicants to allocate 20 percent of their land to local smallholders before their ...

The Cannabis Regulatory Agency found medium chain triglyceride (MCT) oil, a prohibited ingredient, in Platinum brand vaping ...

resident Prabowo Subianto might not have thought his remarks would spark a controversy when he recently suggested that Indonesia expand oil palm plantations without worrying about deforestation.

Don't write off logged tropical forests -- converting to oil palm plantations has even wider effects on ecosystems Date: January 9, 2025 Source: University of Oxford Summary: A research team has ...

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.

India's palm oil imports in December decreased significantly due to the rise of cheaper soybean oil from South America. Malaysian palm oil export supplies became tighter, driving consumers to switch ...