Berita Arkib

08/02/2010 (New Energy World Network.com) - World Growth, a pro-development NGO, has welcomed the leaked news that the EU Commission has chosen to endorse palm oil as a biofuel. Green groups WWF and Friends of the Earth contend that the palm oil process is damaging to the environment as it leads to deforestation.

08/02/2010 (New Straits Times) - CERTIFIED sustainable palm oil shipments from exporters like Malaysia to Europe have surged in January, matching production levels, said the Roundtable of Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).

05/02/2010 (WWF) - WORLDWIDE, demand for edible oils and a range of consumer products that can be traced back to proper management of the environment, is growing.

04/02/2010 (Mongabay) - The European Union may be planning to classify oil palm plantations as forests, raising fears among environmental groups of expanded conversion of tropical rainforests for biofuel production, reports the EUobserver, which cites a leaked document from the European Commission.

03/02/2010 (Sabah Today), Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia’s palm oil industry will continue to see increases in export figures to several traditional markets this year, says the Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC).

03/02/2010 (Bernama), Malaysia - The palm oil industry will continue to see attacks from anti-palm oil environmentalists in the coming years, said Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) Datuk Lee Yeow Chor on Tuesday.

03/02/2010 (Reportage Enviro) - Environmentalists argue that what began as an initiative to clean up dirty palm oil production practices, the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has become little more than an NGO-endorsed greenwashing tool. Rebecca Zhou reports.

03/02/2010 (Ethical Corp) - The RSPO needs to have a good year to convince doubters it is on the right track

02/02/2010 (Reuters), Karachi - Pakistan’s import of palm oil in February will fall after heavy purchases in January, but buying will return to normal levels in March to keep pace with demand, an industry official predicted on Monday.

02/02/2010 (Caterer Search.com) - Palm oil is the UK's most popular commercial frying oil, but soaring global demand for the oil has caused serious environmental damage in producing areas in Malaysia and Indonesia, threatening the future of species such as the orang-utan.

02/02/2010 (The Star Online) - IN recent months, there has been a lot of talk on the need to set up more oil palm biomass and biogas power generation projects given their huge potential as a renewable energy for the country.

02/02/2010 (The Star Online), Kota Kinabalu - Oil palm players must make a concerted effort to employ locals to overcome their dependence on foreign labour instead of just focusing on profits.