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AI boom is turning Malaysia’s palm oil estates into data centres
CPO prices to stay elevated on firm demand and tight supply
CPO price dip seen as temporary, stocks to rise in November: CIMB Securities
Malaysian palm oil futures fall under fundamental pressure, amplifying the impact on other oil prices
NGO activists are not unlike employees in other professions
02/12/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - Greenpeace strongly criticized the recent annual meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) in Bali for being too soft on its "green-washing" members (growers and buyers). Abetnego Tarigan, the newly elected director of palm oil business watchdog Sawit Watch, shared with The Jakarta Post's Kornelius Purba his views about the RSPO, Indonesia's palm oil situation, and his experience as an NGO activist.
Palm oil offers no green solution
02/12/2008 (BBC News) - A major international study says palm oil plantations reduce plant and animal diversity, and do little to reduce carbon emissions.
Clearing forests for biofuel hurts climate: study
01/12/2008 (Reuters), Poland - Clearing tropical forests to plant biofuels is a bad idea for the climate and reduces the diversity of animal and plant life, a study found on Monday.
Biofuel Plantations on Tropical Forestlands Are Bad for the Climate and Biodiversity, Study Finds
01/12/2008 (Market Watch), Washington - Keeping tropical rain forests intact is a better way to combat climate change than replacing them with biofuel plantations, a study in the journal Conservation Biology finds.
Crude shock: Viability of biodiesel units may come under scrutiny
01/12/2008 (The Malaysian Insider), Kuala Lumpur - In the past few years, palm oil has proved to be a growing source of biodiesel, thanks to some pioneering efforts by Malaysian and Indonesian entrepreneurs who had the backing of their governments.
Indonesia Inflation Seen Falling to Five-Month Low: Week Ahead
01/12/2008 (Bloomberg) - Indonesia’s inflation rate probably fell to a five-month low in November as fuel and food prices declined, the Central Statistics Bureau may say today.
In search of cheap food
30/11/2008 (Minneapolis Star Tribune) - Ezekiel Asimba's 25-acre farm lies deep within a tropical rainforest, within view of an active volcano, but the palm oil that he and other growers produce will leave this remote island on cargo ships owned by Minnetonka-based Cargill Inc., destined for grocery store shelves around the world.
Palm oil: The latest green debate
29/11/2008 (Minneapolis Star Tribune) - With environmental groups mounting a worldwide campaign against the expansion of oil palm plantations, Cargill is relying on Conservation International (CI), a Washington, D.C.,- based environmental group, as its ecological guide in Papua New Guinea. Two issues stand out: water contamination and protection of the world's largest butterfly, the endangered Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, a biological wonder boasting a one-foot wingspan that lives near Cargill's Oro Province plantation.
Edible oils rebound as Govt levy import duty; allows export
29/11/2008 (The Hindu), New Delhi - After remaining in the negative zone for a long spell, edible oils rebounded to close higher up to Rs 800 per quintal during the week under review here after government imposed 20 per cent import duty on crude soybean oil and allowed exports of edible oils.
