By contrast, half of Indonesian New Guinea’s forests bear signs of human use. Both support about the same level of tree cover, at 95-96 percent. As a result, palm oil producers have seen Papua ...

that details how palm oil executives in Papua New Guinea have bribed officials, paid police to brutalize villagers, used child labor, and participated in an apparent tax evasion scheme.

In Papua New Guinea, the right of communities to own land is enshrined in the constitution. In fact, 97 percent of land is community-owned. Therefore, in order to expand palm oil plantations ...

is a large-scale integrated industrial producer of sustainable palm oil in the Australasian region, based in Papua New Guinea. The company has palm oil and sugar plantations located in PNG, the ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 (Bernama) -- The Council of Palm Oil Producing Countries (CPOPC) has welcomed Papua New Guinea as its fourth member country, according to a statement from the CPOPC. The handover ...

The leader of Papua New Guinea has appointed what are believed to be the world’s first ministers for coffee and palm oil. Prime Minister James Marape, sworn in this month after an election ...

As land for new plantation investment has become scarce in Kalimantan and Sumatra, plantation developers are looking east to acquire land in Papua. The growing interest in developing oil palm ...

The division said heavy coatings of black ash were causing leaves to droop in oil palm plantations near the volcano and were accumulating on roofs. Papua New Guinea sits on the Pacific “Ring of ...