Berita Arkib

16/11/2009 (MY Palm Oil) - INDONESIA’S 7.1 million hectares (ha) of oil palm plantation’s current average oil yield of 2.8 tonnes per ha per year is set to surpass the 3-tonne mark by 2015, as trees mature and bear more fruits, says Indonesian Palm Oil Commission (Ipoc) executive chairperson Dr Rosediana Suharto.

16/11/2009 (Commodity Online), Ankara: Appreciation of palm oil in Turkey is seen increasing due to growing population and rising exports of halal foods.

15/11/2009 (Guardian.co.uk) - A couple of years ago I met a nonplussed father whose eight-year-old daughter refused to allow him to eat mayonnaise because of the orangutans. As he was struggling to make the connection, I explained how orangutan habitats in Sumatra and Borneo were being clear-felled at an incredible rate for conversion to oil palm plantations.

14/11/2009 (Another Greeen World) - The Dayak village of Semunying Jaya, located in West Kalimantan, a province bordering the Malaysian state of Sarawak, has struggled for more than 20 years from successive companies destroying their customary lands.

14/11/2009 (Intercontinental Cry.org) - In addition to the alarming expansion of nickel mining on Palawan island in the Philippines, Indigenous peoples are now being confronted with new threats posed by the incursion of oil palm plantations.

12/11/2009 (Alibaba.com), Kuala Lumpur - Heavy rains threaten to reduce November's palm oil output in Malaysia by a quarter as rising moisture levels sap yields and possible floods make tough the transport of the vegetable oil to refineries and ports.

12/11/2009 (Solomon Star) - AN Australian think tank is blaming environmental groups campaigning against palm oil for pushing people in developing countries further into poverty. A new research paper by the Australian Institute for Public Affairs claims efforts to ban palm oil, which is becoming a major revenue earner in Papua New Guinea and Solomon Islands, are misguided and could deprive people of livelihoods.

12/11/2009 (Dow Jones), New Delhi – India vegetable oil imports this marketing year may fall marginally due to rising global prices and expectations that the country's soybean output will be higher than in 2009-10, a senior industry executive said Friday.

11/11/2009 (Eco Asia) - The second part of this article will focus on the environmental impact caused by palm oil plantations. The role and task of RSPO on sustainable palm oil, then finally take a look at some of the international brands and their efforts on palm oil policy.

11/11/2009 (Biodiesel Magazine) - Yield advancements for palm oil production got a boost in early November with the announcement that a comprehensive genome sequencing project has been completed. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board and St. Louis-based Orion Genomics led a consortium that has sequenced three oil palm genomes from two oil palm species providing a comprehensive genetic blueprint of E. oleifera and E. guineensis including the pisifera and dura palms. In commercial seed production, the pisifera is frequently used as the paternal and the dura serves as the maternal line.

11/11/2009 (Leuser Eco System.org) - Badan Pengelola Kawasan Ekosistem Leuser (BPKEL) has co-ordinated efforts with the local Aceh Tamiang police and TAPE (Tamiang Peduli), a prominent local NGO, to bring to an end the practice of illegal logging and illegal palm oil plantations in Aceh Tamiang District. The operation has upheld the high-priority prerogative issued initially by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and supported by the National Chief of Police concerning the elimination of illegal forest activities.

10/11/2009 (Check Biotech) - The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) and Orion Genomics today announced that a consortium co-led by the Advanced Biotechnology and Breeding Centre of MPOB and Orion Genomics has sequenced three oil palm genomes from two oil palm species, an important food and biofuel crop.