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The handful of plantation companies present in Seruyan before Darwan arrived on the scene had stoked simmering resentment. Villagers claimed the first they knew their land fell inside a license issued to PT Agro Indomas, near Lake Sembuluh, was when their farms were torched or bulldozed. Owned by a pair of Sri Lankan billionaires, the company desecrated their graveyards, prompting villagers to destroy a bridge inside the concession.

KUCHING: Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg wants Sarawakians to be innovative by creating an oil palm harvester.

Indonesia, the largest producer of palm oil, suffers from increasing temperature because of its massive palm oil tree cultivation, found an international research team.

There is an urgent need to curtail imports of edible oils and encourage domestic production

Sabah Chief Minister, Tan Sri Musa Aman, said as the custodian of the state’s rainforests, the Sabah Forestry Department continued to ensure the state’s rich biodiversity was duly safeguarded for the benefit of the current and future generations

The wholesale destruction of rainforests across parts of Indonesia’s Sumatra island to make way for cash-crop plantations has not just devastated animal and plant biodiversity in the region, but may also be driving an alarming rise in temperatures on the ground, a new study suggests.

KOTA KINABALU: State oil palm investment arm Sawit Kinabalu Sdn Bhd is allocating 2,500 hectares of its Sungai Pin estate in Kinabatangan to be used as a conservation area.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures were virtually flat on Friday, giving up most early gains as profit taking emerged and the market was cautious ahead of export data due early next week.

Soyabean oil prices rose by Rs 200 per quintal at the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today on pick up in demand.

Palm oil production in Malaysia, the world’s second largest producer, is expected to increase by 15.5 per cent this year and will grow by 2.5 per cent in 2018, the government said on Friday.

Malaysian palm oil futures extended gains on Thursday evening, supported by strength in soyaoil markets, favourable export numbers and end of year production concerns. The benchmark palm oil contract for January delivery on the Bursa Malaysia Derivatives Exchange was up 0.3 percent at 2,813 ringgit ($664.62) a tonne.

KUALA LUMPUR: The following factors are likely to influence Malaysian palm oil futures and other vegetable oil markets on Friday Oct 27