Crisis looms as palm oil trees age | Borneo Bulletin Online

KALIMANTAN, Indonesia (BLOOMBERG) – Local farmers, regional governments and consumers across swaths in Southeast Asia are facing a crisis over maturing palm oil trees, some as tall as a 12-storey building, turning them into a multi-billion dollar headache. As oil palms approach their commercial lifespan of a quarter-century, they provide less of the versatile edible […]

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