Malaysian palm oil production is reducing replanting due to rising fuel and fertiliser costs, as well as the high price of vegetable oils.

Demand for agricultural land threatens Peninsular Malaysia’s remnant native forest cover, and with it, Malaysia’s rich bird life. A recent study has found that agroforestry and polyculture plantations ...

Expansion of the palm oil industry in Malaysia is destroying key habitat for endangered frogs, putting them at greater risk, finds a new study published in the journal Conservation Biology. Over a two ...

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 ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 12 (Reuters) - Malaysia said on Thursday it could stop exporting palm oil to the European Union in response to a new EU law aimed at protecting forests by strictly regulating sale of ...

Squinting under the bill of his baseball cap, Leonary Marcus scans the treetops for ripe clusters of palm fruit to hack down with the aluminum scythe hanging from his shoulder. When a flame-red bunch ...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 (Reuters) - Malaysia, the world's second largest palm oil producer, on Friday said it plans to leverage the global edible oil shortage and "political tension in Europe" to regain ...