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A delicate balance for biodiesel mandate
Can palm biodiesel provide quick relief for Malaysia amid Iran war?
Malaysia plans phased expansion of biodiesel programme, minister says
CPO Futures Close Slightly Higher, Tracking Gains In Soybean Oil Prices
Indonesia adopts stringent \"green\" palm oil standard
07/05/2008 (Reuters, India), Jakarta - Indonesia, the world's biggest palm oil producer, plans to take firm measures aimed at ensuring palm oil firms meet stringent standards before labeling their products as eco-friendly, an industry watchdog said on Wednesday.
Orangutan may be extinct in 3 years
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.
Palm oil wiping out key orangutan habitat: Activists
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.
Partners of Finnish companies accused of felling rain forests in Indonesia
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.
Orangutan endangered 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.
Unilever call for certified sustainable palm oil
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'?
Palm oil wiping out key orangutan habitat: activists
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.
Biodiesel unviable: Mission Biofuels
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.
