Research indicates that adding African red palm oil to your diet can significantly benefit your heart health. Its unique ...

There are two oil palm trees that produce palm oil, the African oil palm (from West Africa), and the American oil palm native ...

An curved arrow pointing right. While palm oil is known for being cheap and controversial, red palm oil is artisanally made and much more expensive. The vibrantly colored oil is made from palm ...

Throughout the 1800s, British traders imported African palm oil, using it for a growing number of products, from soap to margarine to candles. Once scientists discovered how to isolate glycerin ...

Palm oil is reaped from West African oil palm seeds and is popular as an ingredient for its unique properties. However, the massive scale deforestation that is required to produce palm oil is ...

it will be extremely challenging to reconcile oil palm expansion and African primate conservation," he explained. What can be done to tackle the problem? The IUCN says effective policies are ...

Mr David Balironda, the proprietor of the African Oil Palm Institute, says the removal of oil palm leaf stalks from plantations significantly aids the growth of oil palm trees. “Leaf stalks take ...

Published this month in the journal Science, the study says the extensive conversion of Southeast Asian natural forests into plantations of African oil palm (Elaeis guineensis Jacq.) has led to ...

It comes from the reddish pulp of the fruit found on oil palms, particularly the African oil palm - known as Elaeis guineensis. The top two producers of palm oil are Indonesia and Malaysia ...

Two of the largest palm oil plantations in Peru are located on the west side of the Ucayali River, which flows from the Andes to the Amazon. From above, the surrounding landscape looks like stirred ...