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1/12/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Palmolein rose by Rs 2 for 10 kg as the gap between prices quoted by refiners and resellers narrowed on lower sales in the resale market. Firm reports from North India lifted rapeseed oil by Rs 4 for 10 kg. Demand for rapeseed and mustard oil is seen higher temperatures drop in the North.

01/12/2011 (MSN) - Palmolein oil prices recovered by Rs 50 per quintal in the wholesale oils and oilseeds market today on good demand amid a firm trend in overseas market.

01/02/2011 (Mongabay.com) - It has long been known that biofuels release greenhouse gas emissions through land conversion like deforestation. But an innovative new study by the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR) published in Ecology and Society has computed how long it would take popular biofuel crops to payoff the "carbon debt" of land conversion.

01/12/2011 (Bloomberg) - Norway and Indonesia’s $1 billion deal to halt the destruction of peatland and forests for two years in Aceh, a province of the Southeast Asian country, has been broken, according to the Ecosystems Climate Alliance.

01/12/2011 (Biofuels Digest) - In Belgium, the Globalization Institute warns that the European Union’s Renewable Energy Directive’s discrimination towards feedstocks from outside the EU—such as sugarcane and palm oil—and the lack of transparency in criteria for different raw materials will lead to a WTO conflict between EU and countries such as Brazil, the United States, or Asian nations.

01/12/2011 (Jakarta Post) - Acehnese civil society group says it has reported Aceh Governor Irwandi Yusuf to the National Police for issuing a business licence to a company to convert 1,605 hectares in Tripa Swamp, Aceh, into a palm oil plantation.

01/12/2011 (Hardwood Floors) - Deforestation, a significant cause of global warming, is happening at the highest rates in Nigeria, Indonesia and Brazil, according to a study by Maplecroft, a United Kingdom-based risk analysis and mapping company. Among the leading causes of deforestation are economic growth, poverty, corruption and the rise of biofuels.

01/12/2011 (Business Standard) - India, the world’s second-biggest user of cooking oil, will resist calls from local processors to increase tax on refined palmolein imports, as a plunge in the rupee makes overseas purchases abroad more expensive, according to two government officials.

30/11/2011 (Reuters) - Malaysian palm oil futures slipped on Tuesday on concerns of slower demand, although prospects of erratic weather hurting production limited losses.

30/11/2011 (Commodity Online) - Crude Palm Oil futures fell Tuesday as speculators offloaded their positions due to subdued physical demand and on tracking poor global cues.

30/11/2011 (Hindu Business Line) - Demand let-up during the month end kept edible oil prices under check on Tuesday.

30/11/2011 (MSN) - Tracking a weak trend in overseas markets, crude palm oil futures prices declined by Rs 2.30 to Rs 511.90 per 10 kg today as speculators offloaded their positions.