On Sunday, Plantation and Commodities Minister Johari Abdul Ghani said any gifted orangutans will stay in Malaysia. “We have decided to keep our orangutans in their own natural habitat,” he …
Malaysia’s palm oil industry is hoping to get a fresh kick from China’s insatiable appetite for mala hotpot as the world’s second-largest producer of the vegetable oil looks to diversify …
A significant portion of the world’s tropical peatlands are in Southeast Asia. Indonesia and Malaysia are the peatland powerhouses of the region. Indonesia alone is home to more than 30 …
Malaysia is turning to its star primate to ease criticism of deforestation in its multibillion-dollar palm oil industry by launching “orangutan diplomacy”, an attempt to ape the success of China’s …
The latest data from the University of Maryland’s Global Land Analysis and Discovery laboratory was shared on Global Forest Watch – a platform run by WRI that provides data, technology …
“So we cannot call them plantation worker, we need to call them professional harvesters,” the minister said, adding that there needed to be a push to get local youth to …
Myanmar has experienced a significant loss of its national mangrove forests, primarily due to the expansion of the rice, palm oil and rubber plantation sectors in recent decades. Similarly, in …
Indonesia’s leading presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto has accused the West of having double standards and losing moral leadership, saying Jakarta has been treated “unfairly” due to protectionist measures imposed on …
Indonesia on Friday flew its first commercial flight using palm oil-blended jet fuel, as the world’s biggest producer of the commodity pushes for wider use of biofuels to cut fuel …