Palm oil makes a significant contribution to the economies of Indonesia and Malaysia
through private corporations, state-owned companies and smallholders, with the two …

Surface active agents are characterized for their capacity to adsorb to fluid and solid-water
interfaces. They can be classified as surfactants and emulsifiers based on their molecular …

The application of molecular modelling, and in particular all-atom and coarse grained
molecular dynamics simulation, to the study of low molecular weight surfactants with …

Peru has 55 primate taxa (including all species and subspecies), a third of which are
threatened. The major drivers of habitat loss, degradation and fragmentation are grazing …

Oil palm is the dominant global oil crop due to its high productivity and diversified usage in
many sectors. Since the late 20 th century, oil palm cultivations proliferated in Southeast …

Palm oil is one of the most controversial agricultural commodities of our time. To its
supporters, it is the golden crop that catalyzes smallholders out of poverty and brings …

Despite growing awareness about its detrimental effects on tropical biodiversity, land
conversion to oil palm continues to increase rapidly as a consequence of global demand …

Our knowledge on the relationship between tropical forest cover and biotic communities is
still limited. Understanding the relationship between forest cover and bird functional guilds …

Wage inequality and land and labor insecurity are critical barriers to sustainable palm oil
production among those employed in Indonesia's small-farm sector. Palm oil contract …

The heat stability of egg white stabilised emulsions was studied in the presence of
monoglycerides, lecithin and rhamnolipid biosurfactants. Rhamnolipids have a greater effect …