Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face significant threats from the expansion of oil palm plantations. With global demand for palm oil rising, ...

Having “islands” of trees peppered across oil palm plantations can boost the biodiversity of the landscape while maintaining crop yields, a new study shows. Researchers found that biodiversity and ...

Islands of trees in oil palm plantations can significantly increase biodiversity within five years without reducing productivity. This has been shown by an experiment, which has been running for over ...

Forest trees that persist in areas dominated by oil palm plantations tend not to grow to maturity, a new study shows. Researchers say this has important implications for biodiversity and ecosystem ...

IF I were a woman planter in an oil palm estate, I would learn very quickly that estates do not clap. They flood. They fruit.

Older tree plantations can be more attractive to animals who are looking for a new home than younger plantations, according to a new study. In the tropics, older plantations also welcome a greater ...

Growing global demand for palm oil has led to a rapid spread of oil palm monoculture plantations in South East Asia, often associated with the loss of habitats and biodiversity. Plantations are ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The KBBI adopts a new word to define lowercase letters. More serious is the change of definition of the oil palm from a plant to a tree. Oil palm is a monocot plant. It does not ...

Our appetite for the oil hurts the environment and wildlife. But Gabon hopes to show how to build an industry while protecting its forests. MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are ...

Notes on the beat SIRAWAI — It was still dark when we left Zamboanga City around 4 a.m. to embark on a bumpy ride to the municipality of Sirawai, a coastal town nestled in the Zamboanga Peninsula. The ...

Those palm fronds, waving against a blue sky, are the essence of the buoyant tropics. Palms have another use besides aesthetics that please tourists, however. The oil from palm trees is a big ...