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26-09-2005
Criteria for sustainable palm oil finalised
24/09/ 2005 9The Star) - THE Criteria Working Group (CWG) under theRoundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) initiative has finalised theprinciples and criteria (P&C) for verifying sustainable palm oilproduction worldwide.
26-09-2005
Dearer Crude Oil Boosts Prospects Of Palm-based Ol
22/09/05 BANGI, (Bernama) -- The more expensive crude oil becomes, thedearer it will be for makers of downstream petroleum products but thisbrings good news to palm oil producers, says Malaysian Palm Oil Board(MPOB) director-general Tan Sri Dr Yusof Basiron.
26-09-2005
Indon output to match Malaysia’s in four years
24/09/05 (The Star) - INDONESIAN palm oil output will likely match thatof Malaysia in three to four years, Indonesian Palm Oil ProducersAssociation (GAPKI) chairman Derom Bangun said.
26-09-2005
Industry mourns passing of Palm Oil King
24/09/2005 (The Star) - THE demise of Malaysian palm oil industry doyenTan Sri Borge Bek-Nielsen of United Plantations Bhd (UP) yesterday waswidely mourned and deeply regretted by many industry players.
26-09-2005
IVP arm forays into trading of palm oil
24/09/05 (India Infoline.com) - IVP Ltd. said on Saturday that the Boardof Directors of IVP Felda Palm International Pvt Ltd at its first meetingheld on September 16, decided to commence import and trading operations.The IVP Felda Palm International was incorporated on July 1.
26-09-2005
Jaya Tiasa Eyes Oil Palm As Future Contributor And
2/09/05 SIBU, (Bernama) -- Fully integrated timber producer Jaya TiasaHoldings Berhad is eyeing oil palm as its future income contributor andstrategic growth area.
26-09-2005
Loggers degrade Panti sanctuary
25/09/05 KOTA TINGGI, (NSPT - A world-renowned paradise for bird watchersat the foothills of Gunung Panti here is being devastated by loggersclearing the forest to plant oil palm.The area is within a designated permanent forest reserve. However, theloggers hired by two companies have been wantonly cutting trees forseveral months now.
26-09-2005
Malaysia's Danish "palm oil king" Bek-Nielsen dies
24/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Malaysia's "palm oil king", Danishentrepreneur Borge Bek-Nielsen, has died at the age of 79 after spending alifetime nurturing one of Malaysia's key industries, relatives said.
26-09-2005
One in Ten Supermarket Products Linked to Orang-ut
23 /09/05 (FEA) - UK company demand for palm oil, a vegetable oil found inone in ten products on supermarket shelves, is driving the orang-utantowards extinction, new research reveals. The `Oil for Ape Scandal',published today by Friends of the Earth and the world's leading orang-utanconservation groups, concludes that without urgent intervention the palmoil trade could cause the extinction of Asia's only great ape within 12years [1].
26-09-2005
Palm oil demand driving orangutans to extinction:
25/09/05 KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - Demand for palm oil, which is widely used inprocessed foods, is driving the orangutan towards extinction by speedingthe destruction of their forest habitat, Friends of the Earth said.
26-09-2005
Popularity of palm oil threatens orangutans
Scientists fear the great apes' habitat could be gone by 2010 as Asianforests are cleared to grow the product.
26-09-2005
Vegoil prices likely to turn bullish on bio-diesel
25/09/05 Mumbai (Business Line) - WITH bio-diesel fuelling demand,vegetable oil prices are seen heading higher during the next 12 months,according to trade experts.