You can get a kilo of palm oil for just $2. But its usage has become unsurprisingly controversial, as huge areas of rainforest have been cut down or burned to make way for palm plantations.

Palm oil’s big problem has always been the jungle ... Clearing land for plantations involves burning rainforest—in the process, endangering rare species and, on peatland, releasing 100 times ...

Palm oil is so widely used that it's in increasing demand across the world. This means increased production which unfortunately has led to deforestation. The rainforest is rich in different ...

MalaysiaBunches of oil palm fruit harvested by hand are trucked to a mill for processing in mainland Malaysia. Oil palms yield more oil per acre than do other crops. But soaring demand for the ...

Palm oil is a cheap vegetable oil that comes from ... on the many species that call the Leuser home. According to the Rainforest Action Network, the area hosts at least 105 mammal species, 382 ...

Beyond the obvious deforestation that results from clearing lowland rainforest for plantations (86 percent of deforestation in Malaysia from 1995-2000 was for oil palm plantations), there are ...

The companies that sell palm oil have a choice, they can produce it on existing plantations OR they can cut down more rainforest. I have a choice too…. I can look for palm oil that is grown ...

We’ve seen fires devastating precious places like the Amazon rainforest. But what are the facts and what ... The majority of deforestation is linked to meat, soya beans and palm oil. Meat production ...

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...