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Indonesia seeks to get palm oil used as jet fuel in U.S., France
Indonesia, the world's top producer of palm oil, wants the U.S. and France to use it to fuel their airplanes — and may be willing to play hardball in order to achieve its aim.
New report spotlights financiers of palm oil giant clearing Liberia's forests
An Indonesian-owned plantation company operating in Liberia has come under renewed scrutiny for allegedly clearing hundreds of hectares of protected forestland, including chimpanzee habitat, wetlands and river buffer zones.
Palm oil firms using ‘shadow companies’ to hide their links to deforestation: report
What's worse than palm oil for the environment? Other vegetable oils, IUCN study finds
Banning palm oil in favor of other vegetable oils deemed less destructive to the environment could lead to greater biodiversity losses, a new report says.
How Colombia became Latin America’s palm oil powerhouse
Critics worry that policies looking to grow Colombia's palm oil production further will come at big costs to the country's small farmers and indigenous groups.
Debate ensues over British supermarket chain's decision to ban palm oil
The uproar over Iceland Foods' decision to ban palm oil from its own-label products has been loud and swift. While many applaud the move as a bold stance against deforestation and land grabbing by plantation companies, others — including some scientists and conservation groups — fear the British supermarket chain may be making things worse.
Biofuel boost threatens even greater deforestation in Indonesia, Malaysia: Study
Global demand for biofuels containing palm oil looks set to grow sixfold by 2030, potentially driving the destruction of Southeast Asian rainforests the size of the Netherlands, a new report warns.