Palm oil giant IOI challenges suspension order in Zurich court

The compnay has challenged the suspension of its certification by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil in the Zurich district court

Andaman & Nicobar wants to take a reverse gear on oil palm

Sixteen years after the Supreme Court banned monoculture plantations in the islands' fragile ecosystem, the administration wants it revoked

Environmentalists hail Indonesia's moratorium plan on new palm oil permits, mining operations

According to a study published in 2014 Indonesia had the highest rate of deforestation in the world

Oil palm in India’s northeast: economy v ecology

India is promoting oil palm plantations in northeastern states, but this could have negative impacts on the region’s biodiversity

Expanding palm oil cultivation in Africa can be risky for endangered primates

A new study says that it will be challenging to reconcile oil palm expansion and African primate conservation as most areas suitable for …

Despite increase in cover, Indonesia is fifth largest loser of forests

In 2011-13, Indonesia lost an average tree cover of 1.6 million hectares per year

Itchy palm

Borneo's forests hacked

Borneo's tropical forests face the axe

HSBC forced to safeguard Indonesia's rainforests

A probe by international non-profit Greenpeace linked Europe’s largest bank to companies destroying rainforests

VICTIMS OF WAR

Palmed off

An oil with several ill-effects

Palm oil consumption increased 230% in almost 2 decades, yet India imports most of it

India has not been able to achieve self-sufficiency in palm oil production despite 40 years of efforts. Down To Earth travelled to some of the …

Malaysia recovers palm oil sales

Malaysian palm exports to the US have increased dramatically after Malaysia retaliated against attempts to portray the product as being dangerous …

Palm plantations

Green palm oil

Palm oil plantations driving illegal logging in Indonesia

Report shows how corruption and lax enforcement by government is abetting illegal practices by well-connected business people

Making sunlight liquid – a brief history of sunflowers

If we continue to adapt sunflowers to our needs as climates change, we must ensure diverse genes are conserved for future generations 

It's rubber now

An Old tree and some wise men

Unsustainable practices seem to be a suicidal trait in the fashionable development concepts of today

Which forests can be felled for oil palm plantations?

Palm oil companies undertake their own study to decide the magic carbon threshold number

The fire-fighting children of the Khasi Hills and the decline of traditional farming in north-east India

In North-east India, children of the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya) learn slash and burn cultivation, an intergenerational yet controversial indigenous …

Mystery disease hits Bastar's fishtail palm

Oil's not well

The mustard oil industry is in severe crisis. vibha varshney finds out why

A date with the palm

Savvy Soumya Misra spends a day with Mahoba’s palm collectors to find out why a card touches a raw chord amongst them

Is biofuel use fit for both air and land?

While ICAO has proposed that biofuel use in passenger planes be increased rapidly to cut carbon emissions, environmentalists disagree