Palm oil derives from the fruit of the oil palm tree. Its high fat content has led to concerns that it may raise cholesterol levels and increase the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Palm oil, which comes from the fruit of oil palm trees ... or roughly 6 million acres of forest loss. That’s almost five times the size of Delaware. When the forests fall, so do hugely important ...

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis ... pygmy elephant and Sumatran rhino. This forest loss coupled with conversion of ...

Palm oil harvesters only know the fruit is ripe for picking when ... “The labour involved in picking up fallen fruit is backbreaking work,” Appleton adds. “If there’s less loose fruit lying around, it ...

While previous studies have examined carbon loss from the establishment ... Aiyen therefore recommends that after the fruit is processed into crude palm oil, the empty fruit bunches should be ...

Crude palm oil is made from the orange flesh of the fruit, while palm kernel oil is made from the white ... The growth of plantations in Borneo has also led to the loss of peat swamp forests, which ...

Palm oil is much sought after because it is cheap and versatile ... “I don’t go to school… I only pick up the loose fruit. The hardest thing is to gather the loose fruit because they are heavy. My ...

Female oil palm farmers typically work in low-pay jobs, weeding, spraying fertiliser, tending to seedings or collecting loose fruit on plantations in Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of the ...