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31/1/07 (TEMPO Interactive) Jakarta: The government has asked that the plan to increase levies or export restrictions on crude palm oil (CPO) be observed comprehensively.

30/1/07 (TEMPO Interactive) Jakarta: A number of oil palm producers have acknowledged being concerned over the plan for limiting crude palm oil (CPO) exports.

8/2/07 (Daily Express) - Lahad Datu: The Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) managed to save RM2.5 million annually by fully utilising discarded Fresh Fruit Bunches (FFB) in its biomass power generator plant in Sahabat, here.

06/2/07 (The Jakarta Post, Jakarta) - International criticism of Indonesia's massive biofuel development program will not affect the project, which is expected to turn the country into one of the biggest biofuel producers in the world, says an official.

2/2/07 Shanghai. (INTERFAX-CHINA) - China has developed technology to transform palm oil to biodiesel, according to state news agency Xinhua.

HAMBURG, Feb 2 (Reuters) - Germany's biodiesel industry, Europe's biggest, is seeing demand fall largely due to new taxes at the same time the European Union is encouraging biofuel use.

2/2/07 (Busienss Times) - MALAYSIA'S plantations industry, which relies on imported chemicals, manure and agriculture waste as fertilisers, can now opt for a new revolutionary product developed locally.

3/2/07 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: New Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) chairman Datuk Sabri Ahmad will emphasise market-driven research and development (R&D) to ensure the sustainable growth of the industry.

30/1/07 (The Jakarta Post) - Lampung is set to become a major national production center for biofuels during the next four years, an official says.

2/2/07 (The National) - THE Merameng Palm Oil Group will build a K20 million plant to process palm oil in West New Britain.

31/1/07 (The Star) - KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) announced the appointment of Datuk Sabri Ahmad as its new chairman effective from Jan 1.

25/1/07 (New York Times) AMSTERDAM- Just a few years ago, politicians and environmental groups in the Netherlands were thrilled by the early and rapid adoption of "sustainable energy," achieved in part by coaxing electrical plants to use biofuel - in particular, palm oil from Southeast Asia.