JAKARTA, Indonesia — From trees felled in protected national parks to massive swaths of jungle razed for palm oil and paper plantations, Indonesia had a 27% uptick in primary forest loss in 2023 from ...

https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/deforestation-logging-rain-forest-environmental-destruction-1056831881 Palm oil is a vital ingredient in many foods, beauty ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Years after being felled, vast swathes of Indonesia's old-growth forests are left sitting idle. And when the land is finally put to use, it's most often for new palm oil ...

Rice, maize, and cassava crops cumulatively account for approximately 11% of total global deforestation—exceeding that of ...

Travel funding for this project was provided by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting. PERAK, Malaysia—When Herzuza Dongkin turned her scooter off the paved road and into her small oil palm ...

Industry Insight from Ethical Corporation Magazine, a part of Thomson Reuters. Extreme weather is affecting productivity of palm oil industry in Indonesia and Malaysia Anti-deforestation regulations ...

Overlapping tropical storms and “intensified” monsoon systems have unleashed widespread devastation across Asia, with rescue teams still racing to reach isolated survivors. Days of record-breaking ...

Palm oil is a vital ingredient in many foods, beauty products, cleaning products and biofuels. But it has also been a massive cause of deforestation in South East Asia in recent years. Companies are ...