The Avondale Shipyard site on the west bank of Jefferson Parish is in the running to land its first major tenant, a new palm oil processing facility, according to several sources familiar with the ...

A team of scientists have developed a method to effectively produce and extract plant-based oil from a common microalgae that, they claim, could be a ‘healthier and greener’ alternative to palm oil.

Demobilization of the FARC and other militant groups are opening vast areas of Colombia to new development. Colombia is Latin America’s biggest palm oil producer. Researchers expect the industry will ...

*This article is a collaboration between Mongabay Latam and GK, Ecuador. At the beginning of June 2020, Ecuador’s National Assembly overwhelmingly passed the Oil Palm Law, officially called the Law ...