This is needed, he says, as most of the understanding of the environmental impacts of oil palm has so far been based on large ...

Malaysia produces about a third of the world’s palm oil, and it’s a sobering thought that many of these huge areas of monoculture were once thriving, primary rainforest. Image by Eric Madeja.

It’s an edible vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, the scientific name is Elaeis guineensis. Two types of oil can be produced; crude palm oil comes from squeezing the fleshy ...