Global food prices continued rising for the second consecutive month in July, led by vegetable oils and dairy products, according to the benchmark United Nations report.The Food and Agriculture Organization's Food Price...

Around the world, forests are shrinking due to deforestation, urban development and climate change, but in Europe that trend has been reversed. Large areas of the continent have seen a forest boom that...

European palm oil importers are unlikely to be able to ensure that the products they sell are “deforestation-free” by the self-imposed goal of 2020, according to analysis by the Palm Oil Transparency...

An area of forest twice the size of the UK has been cut down since 2010 to set up food plantations.That’s the verdict from Greenpeace International, which claims unsustainable farms supply many...

Nestlé’s supply chain is now 77% deforestation-free.In 2010 the company committed to ensuring that none of its products would be associated with the environmentally-damaging process of cutting down forests by 2020. It says...

One-sixth of the carbon footprint of the average diet in the European Union can be directly linked to deforestation in tropical countries, according to a new study from researchers at Chalmers University...

The restoration of natural forests and coasts can simultaneously tackle climate change and the annihilation of wildlife but is being worryingly overlooked, an international group of campaigners have said.Animal populations have fallen...

The European Commission has concluded palm oil is environmentally damaging and results in excessive deforestation.The decision means it is likely to be removed from transport biofuels as it will not contribute to...

The world’s leading suppliers of groceries, personal care products, household goods and consumer electronics are racing to adapt to sustainably-minded consumers.That’s the verdict from environmental non-profit CDP, which has published a new...

At the end of September, four rescued orangutans returned to their home in the rainforest after undergoing lengthy rehabilitation at International Animal Rescue's (IAR) conservation center in West Borneo, where I work...

Social enterprise Giki has created a 'palm oil detector' to help shoppers identify products made with sustainable palm oil. Shoppers concerned about fuelling deforestation on their supermarket trips can now take advantage of...

Climate change has fueled raging wildfires around the world, bleached coral reefs and intensified hurricanes—and now it's coming for Europe's fries.A hot and dry summer has caused low potato yields in Belgium...

Banning palm oil in favor of other vegetable oils deemed less destructive to the environment could lead to greater biodiversity losses, a new report says. The report by the International Union for the...

A major new certification programme has launched with a view to validating consumer goods products that make no use of palm oil. Unveiled to coincide with this week's World Orang-utan Day, the new...

MEPs have voted overwhelmingly to ban biofuels made from vegetable oils including palm oil by 2020, to prevent the EU’s renewable transport targets from inadvertently contributing to deforestation. A new palm oil regulation,...