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19/06/2013 (AllAfrica.com) - Environmentalists in Uganda have warned international Banks against funding projects in Uganda that are depleting the national forest cover and supporting land grabbing

19/06/2013 (Reuters) - They had hoped to incite debate. Instead, the authors of a report on oil palm development in Cameroon discovered that they had spurred a national strategy.

19/06/2013 (The Guardian Nigeria) - The truism that crude palm oil, just like crude oil and rice, is a political commodity, is to a large extent believable going by the array of activities and interests in the product. The by-product of the commodity, going by its presence in every home attests to this claim, while the impact of a negative development on the sector is felt in most homes and industries.

19/06/2013 (Business Recorder) - Tuesday's Rotterdam vegetable oil prices at 1600 GMT.

19/06/2013 (Hindu Business Recorder) - Edible oils prices edged higher on Tuesday expectation of higher demand ahead of Ramadan next month.

19/06/2013 (Hindu Business Line) - Edible oil prices have increased by up to Rs 3 per litre in the retail market as imports have become costlier due to fall in the rupee value and could rise more if the currency further depreciates against dollar.

19/06/2013 (Myiris.com) - CPO June futures at MCX ended up tracking higher export data for Jun 1-15. Ramadan festival ahead in July is aiding in good export of Palm oil. As per cargo surveyor Intertek, total Malaysian Palm oil exports are likely to have risen above 18.5% month-on-month to 7,09,860 Tons from 5,99,300 tons of May's corresponding period.

19/06/2013 (Borneo Post) - IJM Plantations Bhd (IJM Plantations) continues to be disadvantaged by a RM100 per tonne price discount for its crude palm oil (CPO) sold in Sabah but there are positive signs that will be a short-term improvement in CPO prices over the next few months.

19/06/2013 (Jakarta Post) - The government will engage the US through a business forum to fight deforestation, reduce carbon emissions and increase trade.

19/06/2013 (fnbnews.com) - Africa’s Big Seven (AB7), one of the largest food and beverage trade shows on the African continent, will be held at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Gauteng, South Africa, from June 30 to July 2, 2013.

19/06/2013 (Fort Mills Times) - Carlsbad-based biochemical company Verdezyne, Inc. has entered into a collaboration with Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation (BiotechCorp) in its assessment of Malaysia as the destination for its first biochemical production facility in the Asia Pacific Region. The collaboration is set to accelerate Verdezyne’s process to full-fledged commercialization following the success from its pilot plant that was established in November 2011.

19/06/2013 (Slow food) - We eat it almost every day - in cookies, in ice cream, in chips, in chocolate and so on - or we use it on our bodies in the form of shampoo, soap and cosmetics. Sometimes it fills the fuel tank of our car, in which case we are convinced we are making an eco-friendly choice. Insofar as it is listed generically as vegetable oil or fat, most of the time we consume it unknowingly. It is an invisible but all-pervading presence in our daily lives. What I am referring to is the notorious palm oil.