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08/05/2008 (The Jakarta Post) - Conservationists say protected wild orangutans in Central Kalimantan may be extinct in three years unless the government acts to stop the expansion of oil palm plantations.

07/05/2008 (NDTV.com) - One of the biggest populations of wild orangutans on Borneo will be extinct in three years without drastic measures to stop the expansion of palm oil plantations, conservationists said on Wednesday.

08/05/2008 (Helsingin Sanomat International) - Indonesian partners of two large Finnish companies are accused by civic groups of promoting the destruction of rain forests in Indonesia.

07/05/2008 (Chorn.com), Indonesia - The world\'s largest population of wild orangutans on Indonesia\'s Borneo island faces extinction within three years due to rapidly expanding oil palm plantations, a conservationist group said Wednesday.

07/05/2008 (CS Asia) - Following a report from Greenpeace, Unilever has committed to using only palm oil from certified sustainable sources from the second half of this year. The Jakarta Post reports the key item for Indonesia - the supply angle - that Unilever chief executive Patrick Cescau said in a statement that "Suppliers need to move to meet the criteria, by getting certified both the palm oil from their own plantations and the palm oil they buy from elsewhere." Greenpeace want Unilever to work with the RSPO on this. As they say in Singapore 'so how'; or more appropriately in this case 'so when'?

07/05/2008 (AFP), Jakarta — One of the biggest populations of wild orangutans on Borneo will be extinct in three years without drastic measures to stop the expansion of palm oil plantations, conservationists said Wednesday.

07/05/2008 (Reuters), Jakarta - Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, plans to take firm measures aimed at ensuring palm oil firms meet stringent standards before labelling their products as eco-friendly, an industry watchdog said on Wednesday.

07/05/2008 (The Sydney Morning Herald) - Mission Biofuels Ltd says current high feedstock prices make it unviable for to consistently produce biodiesel for the foreseeable future.

07/08/2008 (Daily Express Sabah), Kota Kinabalu - The sole opposition Assemblyman got a ticking off by Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Haji Aman, Tuesday, who questioned whether the former is in the House to champion the interests of the people or some rich Towkays.

05/05/2008 (Liverpool Echo, UK) - PROTESTS at Unilever’s Port Sunlight plant has led to a policy change by the company.

05/05/2008 (Voice Of America News) - At the 1900 World's Fair in Paris, Rudolf Diesel exhibited an engine that could run on oil from vegetables and plants. But Diesel's design was eclipsed by automobile engines that ran on petroleum-based fuel. Today, though, with concerns about the environment and the supply of oil, diesel engines – and the sustainable options for running them – are getting a second look. Auto industry analysts expect sales of diesel-powered cars in the United States to triple in the next decade, and many of those drivers will be looking for plant-based fuel, "bio-diesel," to put in their tanks. Jan Sluizer has more on what some say is the fuel of the future.

05/05/2008 (Environmental Leader) - In response to concerns, and protests, over palm oil crops’ role in rainforest deforestation, food giant Unilever has announced it will use only palm oil certified as sustainable, BusinessGreen reports.