Berita Arkib

25/06/2013 (Bernama) - Malaysian companies are not at fault in clearing land in Indonesia using fire, causing haze which has affected Singapore and parts of Malaysia, said Association of Plantation Investors of Malaysia in Indonesia (Apimi).

25/6/2013 (Bernama) - Oil palm plantation is reforestration and not the deforestration of tropical rainforest in both Malaysia and Indonesia as perceived by Western environmental non-governmental organisations (WENGOs), says Sarawak Plantation Bhd chairman Datuk Amar Hamed Sepawi.

25/06/2013 (Bernama) - Sarawak is not developing its oil palm industry at the expense of its natural forests, peat soil and the environment, Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud said today.

25/06/2013 (Bernama) - Malaysia needs to accelerate structural reforms to ensure that its economy remains diversified and dynamic, said the World Bank.

25/06/2013 (Phys.Org) - Harmful environmental and social impacts of palm oil plantations in the developing world could be minimised by buffer zones around towns and villages; protection of areas with high ecosystem value and effective consultation with local communities.

24/06/2013 (Radio New Zealand) - Labour Party says palm kernel imports should be stopped unless the Government can give an assurance that biosecurity controls for the trade have been drastically improved.

24/06/2013 (eNCA) - Palm oil producers have hit back at environmental and health activists who accuse them of damaging the environment.

24/06/2013 (Daily Monitor) - The government is planning to construct two new cities in the Albertin region and Buvuma Island, the minister in charge of urban development has said.

24/06/2013 (ANTARA) - Indonesia is hoping to become a strong industrial country by focusing on developing oleo-chemical or vegetable oil and crude palm oil industries.

24/06/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - As part of efforts to support the Federal Government's Transformation Agenda in the agriculture sector, an indigenous Fertilizer Producer Company, Crystalizer Nigeria Limited has produced Kieserite Fertilizer with the chemical content of 27.22 percent mgo/47 percent SiO2 to assist farmers in Oil Palm growing areas of the country to achieve optimum yield.

24/06/2013 (Jakarta Post) - A number of major oil palm plantation firms are reportedly planning to extend their operations into Africa as the government aims to impose limits on the maximum palm plantation area a company can control.

24/06/2013 (Daily Star Online) - Trading Corporation of Bangladesh (TCB) will start selling edible oil, pulse, sugar and chickpea in open market from tomorrow to ensure smooth supply of essentials during Ramadan.