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29/01/2009 (ANTARA News), Jakarta - Indonesia`s crude palm oil production in 2009 is estimated to total 20 million tons, of which 4.5 million to 5 million tons will be consumed at home and the rest exported, a CPO businessman said.

28/01/2009 (Xinhua), Jakarta - Indonesia, the world's largest palm oil producer, is to hold international palm oil conference here on May 27 to 29, the committee of the conference said on Wednesday.

27/01/2009 (Mail Online) - Here we reveal the best of the rest health news stories from around the world. This week how palm oil could be used to protect the body from cell damage, and why sweet drinks help reduce stress in babies when they are immunised.

27/01/2009 (The Economic Times), New Delhi - The government is not inclined to impose a Customs duty on crude palm oil, the world’s cheapest source of fat, before elections as that would make it more expensive for consumers.

27/01/2009 (The Australian News) - AUSTRALIA is contributing directly to the widespread destruction of tropical rainforests in Indonesia and Malaysia by importing millions of tonnes of taxpayer-subsidised biodiesel made from palm oil.

26/01/2009 (Mongabay) - Efforts to slow the rapid expansion of oil palm plantations at the expense of natural forests across Southeast Asia are being hindered by industry-sponsored disinformation campaigns, argue scientists writing in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution. The authors, Lian Pin Koh and David S. Wilcove, say that palm oil may constitute the "single most immediate threat to the greatest number of species" by driving the conversion of biologically rich ecosystems — including lowland rainforests and peatlands.

23/01/2009 (AgriMarket.Info) - Wilmar International Limited, Asia’s leading agribusiness group, announced on Tuesday, January 20, 2009, that its wholly-owned Business Unit, PPB Oil Palms Berhad, has been awarded the certification for sustainable palm oil production, in accordance with the rigorous standards of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). Three of its mills have been awarded the RSPO certification, which collectively produce approximately 123,000 metric tones of sustainable crude palm oil annually from their supply base of four plantations of more than 19,400 hectares of Sabah, East Malaysia.

23/01/2009 (The Edge Daily), Petaling Jaya - Malaysia has the capacity to be a major palm biodiesel exporter alongside supplying to the local market, said Platinum Energy Sdn Bhd CEO Edward Leung.

23/01/2009 (The Star Online), Kuala Lumpur - Chin Teck Plantations Bhd has a cash reserve of RM120mil to be used for its expansion plans.

21/01/2009 (Flex News) - Used mainly to bind oil and water in food, these emulsifiers are based on sustainable palm oil or sustainable palm kernel oil. The new sustainable emulsifier meets the increasing consumer demand for ethically correct consumer goods.

21/01/2009 (The Star Online) - AFTER months of lobbying, oil palm planters finally convinced the Government to reduce the burdensome palm oil price stabilisation fund cess to RM2 per tonne from RM4 previously.

21/01/2009 (Guardian) - As a child, Matt Aman grew up in the lush tropical lowland rain forest of Sumatra. Tigers padded through the underbrush, rarely seen and silent as shadows. "It made my skin prickle," the indigenous leader recalled recently as he sat on the floor of a stick hut surrounded by fellow villagers.