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03/03/2010 (Asia Times Online), NUSA DUA, Bali - Palm oil plantations play a major role in the growing problems of deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions in Indonesia and tropical woodlands around the world. Last week's gathering of the International Conference on Oil Palm and Environment (ICOPE) is one move toward making the industry part of the solution.

02/03/2010 (Asia One News), NUSA DUA, Indonesia - It is blamed for everything from deforestation to threatening the extinction of the orangutan, but palm oil is a vital source of income for many developing countries, the crop's producers say.

01/03/2010 (Dorset Echo) - Steve Davies, chief executive of Portland Harbour Authority, said: “The port has been keen to support the proposal for the biofuel plant on land on Portland Port.

03/03/2010 (The New York Times) - Children love airplanes! It probably seemed like a perfectly good idea to an air traffic controller at Kennedy International Airport to bring his children to work last month — heck, this country has a whole day set aside for that sort of thing.

01/03/2010 (Bloomberg) - Wilmar International Ltd., the world’s biggest palm-oil trader, aims to expand its India business to about half of China in 10 years as rising incomes lift demand for processed foods in the South Asian nation.

01/03/2010 (Reuters), Kuala Lumpur - India, the world\'s top vegetable oil buyer, may shift orders to soyoil from palm oil by 500,000 tonnes to meet higher middle-class demand if the price difference narrows further, the Sunvin group said on Monday.

01/03/2010 (Mail Online) - \'Environmentally-friendly\' biofuels have been found to be more harmful to the planet than normal fossil fuel.

01/03/2010 (BBC News) - Panorama last week reported on the disturbing destruction of orangutan habitats in Indonesia for palm oil plantations. But are there benefits from these plantations for local people?

01/03/2010 (Times Online) - The expansion of plantations has pushed the orang-utan to the brink of extinction in Sumatra, where it takes 840 years for a palm oil plantation to soak up the carbon emitted when rainforest is burnt.

28/02/2010 (Times Online, UK) - PALM OIL greases the wheels of modern life. It’s in your margarine, your chocolate bar, your washing powder, maybe your car.

27/02/2010 (Business Week, East Africa) - Bidco Uganda Ltd (BUL) will soon start commercial production of palm oil following the completion of its US$10 million oil processing mill on the Lake Victoria island of Bugala in Kalangala district.

26/02/2010 (Ghana Web), Kade - The Kade District Magistrate's court has remanded in prison custody Yaw Ebenezer, unemployed, charged with stealing 10 gallons of palm oil with three others who are at large. Ebenezer pleaded guilty to three counts of conspiracy to steal, unlawful entry and stealing the palm oil.