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THE INTERNATIONAL PALM OIL CONGRESS (PIPOC 2009)
05/11/2009 (Energy Industry News), Kuala Lumpur - Once again, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) will organize the International Palm Oil Congress (PIPOC 2009) this year. The industry event of the year will focus on palm oil as the powerhouse in the oils and fats market and advances in the industry, including the need to balance its growth in harmony with the environment for sustainable development.
Palm Oil impacts
05/11/2009 (The Stump) - The environmental problems of using palm oil for biodiesel fuel and other products has been recognised for more than a few years. Less attention has been given to the widespread use of palm oil in food products. Widespread deforestation to expand plantations for palm oil has been occurring in countries to our north such as Malaysia and Indonesia.
RSPO Dispatch: Cargill’s message to local communities – We have no time for you
05/11/2009 (Rainforest Action Network) - The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) was founded to create a path towards sustainability in the palm oil industry. A voluntary process, oil palm producers, traders, buyers, and NGO’s have joined up to find an alternative to the massive forest destruction, social conflict, and climate chaos the booming palm oil industry is bringing to the world’s rainforests. But eight years into the process, there is still nothing sustainable about the palm oil the RSPO endorses.
WWF Confronted for Rainforest \"Greenwashing\" of \"Sustainable\" Palm Oil
05/11/2009 (Rainforest Portal) - An Open Letter signed by more than 80 organizations from 31 countries was delivered yesterday to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) [search] and to World Wildlife Fund (WWF) co-initiator of the initiative. In the letter, they are urged to end the “greenwashing†and certification of palm oil plantations as being “sustainableâ€.
Top food firm switches to sustainable palm oil
04/11/2009 (The Independent) - A leading food manufacturer says it will switch to a "sustainable" source of palm oil for its most famous brands, such as McVitie's, Jaffa Cakes and Penguin.
United Biscuits signs sustainable palm oil deal
04/11/2009 (Business Green) - In a major coup for the campaign to promote adoption of sustainably certified palm oil, Europe's biggest biscuit manufacturer United Biscuits has this week signed a deal to purchase certified palm oil from New Britain Palm Oil for a minimum of two years.
Orangutans pay a high price for palm oil in Indonesia
04/11/2009 (International Animal Rescue) - The plight of a baby orangutan rescued from plantation workers in Borneo has exposed the high price these endangered primates are paying for the production of palm oil. The 2-3 year old female was found hogtied to a pole and had clearly been brutally beaten. Covered in cuts and bruises, she was also severely dehydrated and emaciated after being starved for days or even weeks. A second young female was in a similar condition. According to the plantation workers the young orangutans' mothers had been caught, killed and eaten.
