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23/1/06 KRABI (Asia Pulse) - A government-supported bio-diesel project is anticipated to help reduce Thailand's imports of diesel by up to Bt60 billion (US$1.5 billion) annually over the next five years, according to Energy Minister Viset Choopiban.

23/1/06 KOTA KINABALU (Bernama) -- The findings of a three-year genetic study on the orangutan, which was recently conducted in Sabah, showed strong evidence to support that humans have pushed orangutans to the brink of extinctio

24/1/06 SANDAKAN (The Star) - All palm oil mills have been warned to stop discharging effluents directly into rivers.

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Wed: Indonesia's Government plans to develop 3 million ha of oil palm plantations in the next five years to meet increasing demand for biofuel as an alternative source of energy, the Agriculture Minister said today.

25/1/2006 (Busienss Times) - THE imposition of trans-fatty acid labelling by the US from this month will not have any negative impact on the price of crude palm oil (CPO), K&N Kenanga Bhd vice-president and head of research Seow Choong Liang said.

24/1/2006 (Business Times) - GOLDEN Hope Plantations Bhd is widening its global foray in biodiesel by teaming up with Godiver Handelsgesellschaft mbH to produce biodiesel in the Netherlands.

24/1/06 JAKARTA, (Asia Pulse) - The government defend its plan for massive project to build oil palm plantations along the frontier areas in Kalimantan bordering on Malaysia describing it as having good economic prospects.

24/1/06 PARIS (AFP) - Deforestation and palm oil plantations are driving orangutans in the Malaysian part of northeastern Borneo to the verge of extinction, according to a study.

23/1/2006 (The Star) - MALAYSIAN plantation companies are still on an acquisition trail for land in Indonesia this year.

22/1/2006 New Delhi (Daily Times) - India, the world's leading edible oil importer, is likely to harvest a bigger summer crop because of ample soil moisture and an increase in the area under oilseeds cultivation, an industry association said on Saturday.

23/1/06 (The Star) - MALAYSIAN companies are expected to intensify their investments in Indonesia this year.

20/1/06 Kota Kinabalu (Sabah Daily Express) - The Government is giving special concessions for the development of the palm oil industrial cluster (POIC) in Lahad Datu as investors' interest grows. Officials of POIC Sabah Sdn Bhd, the developer of the cluster, were told that requirements for the setting up of palm oil refineries within POIC Lahad Datu will be less restrictive. The details are being worked out.