oil palm

Over 20 percent of palm oil produced in 2020 received certification from the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, a nonprofit that includes oil palm producers and processors, consumer goods manufacturers, retailers, banks, and advocacy groups.

Today there are enough oil palm plantations worldwide to cover an area larger than the state of Kansas, and the industry is still growing.

Since oil palm is so productive, they contend, switching to other oil crops could cause even more harm because it would require more land to cultivate substitutes.

They had more success in Southeast Asia, where they created a new oil palm plantation industry.

Coffee, cocoa, sugar cane, oil palm, and soybean are the most climate-vulnerable imported products.

The oil palm is native to Africa and has been used there for thousands of years.

And thanks to oil palm plantations springing up in Africa, chimpanzees are in danger of extinction.

They do, however, warn of the widespread environmental destruction caused by industrial oil palm production.

This explosion in demand from all corners of the market has made oil palm plantations more lucrative than ever.

Companies tend to create oil palm plantations in large tracts, many of which adjoin neighboring plantations.

A tall palm—whether Palmiste or Oil-palm—has its smooth trunk hung all over with orchids, tied on with wire.

It was pleasant to meet the palm-oil palm (Elais Guineaensis) at Casembe's, which is over 3000 feet above the level of the sea.

It is rich in the oil palm and oil-bearing groundnut, but the climate is exceedingly dangerous to Europeans.

In three running rivulets we saw the Shuaré palm, and an oil palm which is much inferior to that on the West Coast.

There are many kinds of nuts to be found in their domain, but the oil palm nut appears to be a favourite.