Illegal deforestation has reportedly surged to record levels in a wildlife reserve at the northern tip of Indonesia’s Sumatra ...

There were even aspects that would increase in logged forest, only to decrease in oil palm plantations. When making decisions concerning land management and conservation, we must consider a broad ...

Dr. Barik firmly believes that with the right policies and collaboration, palm oil can play a pivotal role in reducing ...

“Saying that palm oil is a forest crop is so bad because it seems like we don’t understand the difference between forests and plantations,” said Herry Purnomo, a senior scientist at the Center for ...

But in recent decades, the scale of logging has intensified, and more areas of harvested forest have been converted to farmland. In Borneo, this is predominantly for plantations of oil palm trees ...

are not the same as complex forest ecosystems. Experts have suggested that oil palm plantations can not only reduce the ability to capture carbon but also suck up nutrients that will make it ...

The proposal has raised concerns that more forest areas would be cleared to pave ways for oil palm plantations — Indonesia's top export commodity and one of the key deforestation drivers in the ...

Deforestation in Indonesia rose in 2024 for a third year running, a local environmental NGO said Friday based on satellite ...

PALMOILMAGAZINE, BOGOR - Brigadier General Ratno Kuncoro, Director of Economic Intelligence Agency of POLRI, supports efforts ...