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01/07/2013 (Jakarta Post) - Indonesia, the 2013 chair of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), which will hold its summit meeting in Bali in early October, has launched a concerted campaign to include palm oil and rubber on the APEC list of environmental goods (EG), thereby entitling these commodities to import tariffs of 5 percent maximum.

01/07/2013 (AFP) - Southeast Asian nations urged Indonesia Sunday quickly to ratify a treaty aimed at preventing fires in its giant rainforests that regularly inflict choking smog on its neighbours.

01/07/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby has received the green light from villagers in western Liberia to clear 5,000 hectares of land for a plantation, after a non-governmental organisation have accused it of a land grab.

01/07/2013 (The Star) - Malaysia has opened the doors for its businessmen to venture into Africa by having smart partnerships with countries in the continent, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak.

01/07/2013 (The Guardian) - Penguins are coming to the aid of gorillas, according to a survey which reveals that the UK's leading biscuit manufacturers are responding to the environmental threats of palm oil production.

02/07/2013 (Bernama) - The Honourable Dato Sri Douglas Uggah Embas, Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Malaysia officiated the First Malaysia-Vietnam Palm Oil Trade Fair and Seminar 2013 (POTS) at New World Hotel today. Themed Sharing Solutions, Shaping the Visions, this event provides insights, solutions and trend analysis on the economic opportunities in the palm oil trade.

29/06/2013 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures dipped to touch a fresh one-month low on Friday, tracking weak global commodity markets, while investors braced for a key U.S. agricultural report that is slated to show record planting of competing soybean.

29/06/2013 (Stock Market Wire) - Shares in Equatorial Palm Oil, the palm oil development and production company with operations in Liberia, West Africa, have been temporarily suspended from trading on AIM.

29/06/2013 (GhanaWeb) - Farmers in the oil palm plantation sub-sector have called on the Ministry of Food and Agriculture (MOFA) to assist farmers in the industry to obtain treated and affordable seedlings for the growth and expansion of their business.

29/06/2013 (Jakarta Globe) -Some of the world’s top palm oil, pulp and paper companies, together with major buyers, kicked off a two-day meeting with governments and NGOs in Jakarta on Thursday to discuss the sustainable production of such commodities.

29/06/2013 (The Star) - An analysis by the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil over the possible involvement of its member companies in Indonesia’s forest fires is expected to be ready by next weekend.

29/06/2013 (Bloomberg) - Palm oil fell for a third day, capping a fifth quarterly loss, on speculation that rising global oilseeds supplies may cut demand for the commodity used in everything from noodles to soaps.