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MPOB Monthly Report Imminent: Malaysia's Palm Oil Stockpiles May Surge Past 2.6 Million Tonnes as Strong El Niño Fuels Distant-Month Supply Cut Expectations
Malaysia’s palm oil stocks rise in July despite 14.5pc jump in exports
Malaysian end of July palm oil stocks hit near two-year high
Palm oil maintains its price advantage over soybean oil, but only through the end of summer
Palm oil help feed an increasingly hungry world
16/11/2009 (MY Palm Oil) - INDONESIA’S 7.1 million hectares (ha) of oil palm plantation’s current average oil yield of 2.8 tonnes per ha per year is set to surpass the 3-tonne mark by 2015, as trees mature and bear more fruits, says Indonesian Palm Oil Commission (Ipoc) executive chairperson Dr Rosediana Suharto.
Turkey Wants More Palm Oil To Boost Halal Food Supply
16/11/2009 (Commodity Online), Ankara: Appreciation of palm oil in Turkey is seen increasing due to growing population and rising exports of halal foods.
Is it possible to avoid unsustainable palm oil?
15/11/2009 (Guardian.co.uk) - A couple of years ago I met a nonplussed father whose eight-year-old daughter refused to allow him to eat mayonnaise because of the orangutans. As he was struggling to make the connection, I explained how orangutan habitats in Sumatra and Borneo were being clear-felled at an incredible rate for conversion to oil palm plantations.
Palm oil company steals land, destroys rainforest
14/11/2009 (Another Greeen World) - The Dayak village of Semunying Jaya, located in West Kalimantan, a province bordering the Malaysian state of Sarawak, has struggled for more than 20 years from successive companies destroying their customary lands.
Oil Palm Agression on Palawan Island
14/11/2009 (Intercontinental Cry.org) - In addition to the alarming expansion of nickel mining on Palawan island in the Philippines, Indigenous peoples are now being confronted with new threats posed by the incursion of oil palm plantations.
Malaysia\'s Nov palm oil output to fall 25 pct on rains
12/11/2009 (Alibaba.com), Kuala Lumpur - Heavy rains threaten to reduce November's palm oil output in Malaysia by a quarter as rising moisture levels sap yields and possible floods make tough the transport of the vegetable oil to refineries and ports.
Claim: Anti-palm oil campaign are contributing to poverty .
12/11/2009 (Solomon Star) - AN Australian think tank is blaming environmental groups campaigning against palm oil for pushing people in developing countries further into poverty. A new research paper by the Australian Institute for Public Affairs claims efforts to ban palm oil, which is becoming a major revenue earner in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, are misguided and could deprive people of livelihoods.
India 2010-11 Vegoil Imports May Fall Marginally – Executive
12/11/2009 (Dow Jones), New Delhi – India vegetable oil imports this marketing year may fall marginally due to rising global prices and expectations that the country's soybean output will be higher than in 2009-10, a senior industry executive said Friday.
Palm Oil - Green Gold or an Ecological Disaster?
11/11/2009 (Eco Asia) - The second part of this article will focus on the environmental impact caused by palm oil plantations. The role and task of RSPO on sustainable palm oil, then finally take a look at some of the international brands and their efforts on palm oil policy.
