JAKARTA — Indonesia’s highest court has upheld a $61 million fine against an oil palm company over massive fires on its plantation that razed an area seven times the size of New York City’s ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Tempo English compiled the top 3 news on Tuesday, August 5, 2025. Here are the highlights: Government ...

Palm oil is found in half the products sold in supermarkets and in biofuels. Around 50 per cent of the world’s supply is grown in Indonesia, mostly on massive plantations.

Oil palm plantations are driving massive downstream impact to watershed Date: May 2, 2024 Source: University of Massachusetts Amherst Summary: The global demand for palm oil -- the most widely ...

A prior report by Legit.ng disclosed that Indonesia, the world’s top palm oil producer, has raised its export tax on crude palm oil (CPO) from 7.5% to 10%, effective May 17, 2025.

Palm oil is different from most agricultural commodities because the raw harvested product, fresh fruit bunches, must be processed within 48 hours or it will spoil. This fact dictates that ...

In India, the largest buyer of vegetable oils, crude palm oil (CPO) has commanded a premium over crude soybean oil for the past six months, sometimes exceeding $100 per ton.

image: Industrial oil palm plantation in Jambi, Sumatra view more Credit: Gustavo Paterno Southeast Asia’s tropical forests are renowned for their biodiversity, but at the same time face ...

The Plantation Owners Forum of Nigeria on Thursday said that the price of palm oil will remain stable all year round.The forum said the decision was to ensure that both the wealthy and the not-too ...

Some 200,000 hectares (494,210 acres) of oil palm plantations found in areas designated as forests in Indonesia are expected to be returned to the state to be converted back into forests, a ...

The international research team established 52 tree islands of varying sizes and diversity of planted trees in a conventional industrial oil palm plantation in Sumatra, Indonesia. This innovative ...