Endangered monkeys and apes could face new risks if Africa becomes a big player in the palm oil industry. Most areas suitable for growing the oil crop are key habitats for primates, a study suggests.

Palm oil is reaped from West African oil palm seeds and is popular as an ingredient for its unique properties. However, the massive scale deforestation that is required to produce palm oil is ...

The oil palm tree, Elaeis guineensis, is native to West and central Africa, and commercial plantations ... to extract cooking oil, burned their seed-kernel shells for heat, and woven their leaves ...

It comes from the reddish pulp of the fruit found on oil palms, particularly the African oil palm - known as Elaeis ... soy or sunflower seed oil would take far larger amounts of land, in fact ...