P alm oil production is the primary threat to orangutans, pushing these magnificent creatures towards extinction. The demand for palm oil, a versatile ingredient in numerous products, from food to ...

The “people of the forest” won’t live in the wild much longer if we keep chopping down their rainforest homes.

Palm oil companies in Indonesia continue to operate on protected peatlands and clear forests, despite having their forestry ...

Effective orangutan conservation requires effective ... of lowland forests to plantation agriculture, particularly for palm oil production, is well documented. Palm oil is so important to ...

Palm oil from trees grown on this illegally deforested ... last refuges for Sumatra’s endemic and critically endangered ...

Darrell Lea’s decision to go palm oil-free came after years of pressure from customers and activists who blame the ingredient for the destruction of orangutan habitat in Indonesia and Malaysia, the ...

which ensures that income is filtered down to local people and forests that are deemed to be of ‘high conservation value’ are not cut down to make way for oil palm plantations. Engaging with timber ...

Palm oil has been and continues to be a major driver of deforestation of some of the world’s most biodiverse forests, destroying the habitat of already endangered species like the Orangutan, pygmy ...

Rows of oil palms replace rain forest near Borneo’s Gunung Palung National Park. Vast expanses of orangutan habitat have been lost to palm oil, used for cooking, food products, and cosmetics.

He noted that some of the orangutans he encountered appeared skinny, with their fur thinning because of malnutrition. Other ...

It's estimated that tens of thousands of orangutans have died over the last 20 years because of palm oil production. In the heart of oil palm country on Borneo, the Shared Planet team met ...