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A Bornean orangutan, a critically endangered species, has been found stabbed to death in Indonesia's Central Kalimantan province, a conservation official said on Tuesday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 16): Malaysian palm oil futures fell as much as 2% in Tuesday evening trade, touching their lowest in more than two weeks, as a stronger ringgit and concerns over a European Union vote to curb palm oil imports dented sentiment.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) has labelled the European Union (EU) as hypocrite and accused it of trying to carry out an economic colonialisation of palm oil producing countries over its proposed ban on the commodity.

While its proponents say the bill is needed to protect the industry, citing a Western conspiracy against Indonesian palm oil, environmental activists say it will do little to address the ills attributed to the industry

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Crude palm oil prices fell 0.44 per cent to Rs 563.40 per 10 kg in futures trade today as speculators booked profits at higher levels amid fall in demand in the spot market.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures ended higher on Monday, recovering from an earlier more than two-week low, as traders forecast falling production in the coming weeks.

The Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) is strengthening its fight against European Union recommendations and policy measures concerning palm oil with a strongly-worded position paper which criticizes and challenges the EU’s stance.

KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 15): Malaysian palm oil futures hit their lowest in more than two weeks on Monday, on the back of stronger ringgit while traders remained cautious ahead of cargo surveyors' export data release.

African oil palms have been used for producing edible palm oil for millennia. Archaeological evidence suggests the tree was imported to Ancient Egypt from its native West Africa by around 3,000 BC. Nowadays palm oil is used worldwide, with Indonesia and Malaysia the largest producers. There, the palm oil industry has courted controversy for causing widespread deforestation, the collapse of biodiversity and significant greenhouse gas emissions as forests are burnt to make way for plantations.

KUALA LUMPUR -- The Malaysian Felda Youth Council (MBFM) and the Malaysian Youth Council (MBM) today jointly protested against the resolution by the European Union (EU) that only environmentally sustainable palm oil could be exported to EU after 2020.

WWF-Malaysia strongly opposes the conversion of forest reserve land to oil palm plantations. Earlier this month, it was announced that TDM Berhad had accepted 4,515 hectares of land offered by the Terengganu State Government for its domestic oil palm plantation expansion plan.