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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
Malaysia lowers December crude palm oil reference price, maintains duty at 10%
Orangutans \'heading for extinction\'
06/07/2008 (Scotland On Sunday) - THE endangered orangutan could become the first great ape to become extinct if urgent action is not taken to protect the species from human encroachment in its native South-East Asia.
Malaysia Sows the Seed of a Better Life
07/07/2008 (Red Orbit) - Malaysia is blessed to have oil below the sea and onshore. Both crude and palm oil are trading at record-high prices, and contributing significantly to the economy. Business Times interviews Malaysian Palm Oil Council chief executive officer Tan Sri Yusof Basiron.
Special Reports: Ethical sourcing: Palm oil – A palm for the soul
07/07/2008 (Ethical Corporation) - Once an unglamorous cheap commodity, palm oil has suddenly become a test case for how far big food and cosmetic brands are committed to sustainability
New era of windfall profits tax
07/07/2008 (The Star Online) - THE announcement by the government of a tax on ‘windfall profits’ of oil palm plantation operators and independent power producers (IPPs) represents a trend among economies where there are specific sectors benefiting from the bonanza in terms of high prices of certain commodities.
Govt urged to enforce Bali plan to protect orangutan
07/07/2008 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - Orangutan activists have urged the government to implement the Bali action on wild orangutans amid the species' rapid decline due to massive forest conversion across the country.
Imports may rise on edible oil shortage
07/07/2008 (Live Mint.com), Mumbai - India may increase edible oil imports by more than 80% till October, straining global stockpiles, to meet a shortfall in domestic supplies and cool the fastest inflation in 13 years, a commodity trader said.
Why We Should Fear \'Righteous\' Environmental Scientists
06/07/2008 (The Post Chronicle) - Just what is it that makes erstwhile respectable scientists sacrifice the ideals of science and the commitment to truth and objective analysis to the god of political expediency? Nowhere is this more apparent than in the pronouncements of environmental scientists on the issue of global warming and climate change. Environmental scientists are becoming so obsessed with the righteousness of their cause that they are damning those who wish to use science as an objective tool in public policy decisions.
Orangutan populations drop due to logging, expansion for palm oil
05/07/2008 (Mongabay.com) - Orangutan populations have fallen sharply on the two islands where they still live, reports a new study published in the journal Oryx.
Orang-utan numbers declining sharply as forest makes way for palm oil farms
05/07/2008 (Telegraph.co.uk) - Orang-utans are in even greater decline than previously thought, with the latest study showing their numbers dropping sharply in Malaysia and Indonesia.
