Anthropology of Food

Wikipedia:
Palm oil
Oil palm
Categoy: Oil palm
Food vs. fuel
Tropical agriculture

In the News . . .

• 'This could be the holy grail to replace palm oil' - research team -- BBCNews (19 September 2023)
  
  
• What is sustainable palm oil? -- BBCNews (03 September 2019)
  
  
• Climate change: Used cooking oil imports may fuel deforestation-- BBCNews (15 July 2019)
  
  
• Palm Oil Was Supposed to Help Save the Planet. Instead It Unleashed a Catastrophe -- The New York Times (20 November 2018)
  
  
• 'The last place on Earth': how Sumatra's rainforest is being cleared for palm oil -- The Guardian (28 September 2017)
  
  
• Deconstructed Nutella: nuts, cocoa – and 58% sugar -- TheGuardian (20 January 2017)
  
  
• Another Challenge for Orangutan Conservation: Food -- Scientific American (22 October 2015)
  
  
• Dental Plaque Reveals Key Plant in Prehistoric Easter Island Diet -- Science Daily (2014-12-15

For the last few years palm oil has been at the heart of a major world controversy touching all levels of society from the extinction of the orangutan to the morality of putting a bottle of palm oil in your shopping cart. Have a look at some reports . . .

• In Indonesia, Environmentalists See a Disaster in the Making -- New York Times (11 October 2013)
  
  
• EU 'boycott' of Indonesian palm oil is a lie, envoy says -- Jakarta Post (04 March 2012)
  
  
• Palm oil industry in the line of fire -- Free Malaysia Today (FTM) News (24 February 2012)
  
  
• Palm Oil and Scout Cookies: The Battle Drags On [blog] -- HILLARY ROSNER, New York Times (13 February 2012)
  
  
• PALMEX INDONESIA 2012: 10-12 October
  
  
• Palm oil threat to Indonesia's orangutans -- BBC News (27 December 2011)
  
  
• Palm oil plantations 'threaten Indonesia's orangutans' -- BBC News (27 December 2011)
  
  
• Using cooking oil to fuel lorries -- BBC News (21 August 2011)
  
  
• Malaysia's industrialisation threatens rainforests -- BBC News (08 July 2011)
  
  
• Palm oil deal aims to save forests and carbon -- BBC News (08 February 2011)
  
  
• Indonesia to start Green Palm Oil Certification in 2012 -- Far Eastern Agriculture