Malaysia should move swiftly to strengthen its proposed National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights by ensuring that ...

Producers from Malaysia's palm oil industry to Vietnam's coffee sector on Thursday welcomed a European Union decision to ...

PETALING JAYA: The EU’s commissioner for environment and fisheries has commended Malaysia’s efforts to bring deforestation levels down to an “unprecedented low”. Virginijus Sinkevičius ...

Governments in major palm oil exporters Malaysia and Indonesia have been aiming to regulate the industry. Two recent ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The European Union's pending anti-deforestation law presents both challenges and opportunities for Malaysia's palm oil industry, Malaysia's deputy commodities minister told an ...

Malaysia also focuses on the aspects of traceability, deforestation-free, legitimate land title, and good labour practices in line with International Labour Organization standards to ensure ...

But soaring demand for the world’s most popular vegetable oil has led to extensive deforestation and loss of wildlife in Indonesia and Malaysia, the biggest producers. This story appears in the ...

But deforestation for a range of commodities ... Despite their densely forested coastlines, for instance, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and Myanmar formally protect less than 5% of their mangroves ...

Prices of cooking oil could be buoyed up for years by stagnating production and a biodiesel push in top producer Indonesia that are making traditionally cheap palm oil costlier, eliminating an ...