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2/5/06 LONG ALONGO, Indonesia (New York Times ) For as long as anyone can remember, Anyie Apoui and his people have lived among the majestic trees and churning rivers in an untouched corner of Borneo, catching fish and wild game, cultivating rice and making do without roads. But all that is about to change.

Chennai 28/4/05 (Business LIne) - The Union Government on Friday raised the tariff values for palm group of oils by $7 a tonne, while keeping that of crude soyabean oil unchanged. On April 17, it had cut the values for the palm group of oils by $10 and that of soya oil by $4.

1/5/06 (The Star) - LOCAL plantation companies, particularly those with huge investments in palm-based biodiesel projects, are eagerly awaiting the biodiesel bill to be passed by the Parliament next month.

1/5/06 (The Star) - WHILE the focus on palm-based biodiesel remains intact, the National Smallholders Association (NASH) has formed a joint venture with an Indian company to set up Malaysia's first Jetropha Curcus (JC)-based biodiesel processing and refining plant.

28/4/06 Kota Kinabalu (Sabah Daily Express) - Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) Sabah Sdn Bhd estimates that the palm oil produced in Sabah (5.33 million tonnes in 2005) has potential of generating up to RM100 billion in economic value if its downstream potentials are fully exploited.

30/4/05 (The Star) - FELCRA Bhd, a low-profile plantation-based government-linked company (GLC), is playing catch-up with its more prominent peers the Felda Group, Golden Hope Plantations Bhd (GHope) and Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd.

1/5/06 (The Star) - AS a biodiesel player with the highest number of confirmed biodiesel plants in Malaysia, Golden Hope Plantations Bhd no doubt wants to see a speedier implementation of the Biodiesel Act.

29/4/06 JAKARTA, (UPI) -- China is planning $7 billion in investments in Indonesia that will bring jobs and modern amenities, but at significant environmental cost.

26/4/06 (Sabah Daily Express) - Tradewinds Plantation Bhd plans to invest about RM100 million to acquire some 20,000ha of oil palm plantation in Indonesia to boost its presence there, its managing director Radzuan A Rahman said.

KOTA KINABALU, April 29 (Bernama) -- Sabah is expected to sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India's pulp and paper giant, Ballapur Industries Ltd, next month for a joint venture in the state.

28/4/06 (Business Times) - PLANTATION group Kumpulan Guthrie Bhd, which is 73.5 per cent owned by Permodalan Nasional Bhd (PNB), will spend RM109 million on planting and expansion activities this year.

1/5/06 FARIDABAD (India): Indians know better than to eat the plum-sized fruit of the wild jatropha bush. Its poisonous enough to kill.