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Malaysian Palm Oil Green Conservation Foundation: Achieving coexistence with wild elephants in Johor (VIDEO)
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 — Over the past 30 years, the wild elephant population in Johor has been severely affected by deforestation for agriculture and plantation expansion. With limited areas for foraging and roaming, elephants invariably cross paths with people, causing human-elephant interactions (H...
UK advisory group says Malaysian palm oil is sustainable
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil is sustainable, and its zero-tariff rate would be beneficial, according to the Trade and Agriculture Commission (TAC), an expert advisory group to the United Kingdom government. In a statement, Malaysian Palm Oil Council (MPOC) chief executive officer Belvinder Sron ...
Ensuring traceability in our oil palm industry with SIMS
Our oil palm industry which is growing rapidly needs an integrated information communication technology (ICT) system to facilitate the process of managing and monitoring transaction data along the industry chain. Without such system, access to transactional information throughout the oil palm i...
Improving traceability of sustainable palm oil
PALM oil exports were a challenging, high-profile issue for Indonesian diplomats in 2023, particularly concerning European Union (EU)-Indonesia trade deal negotiations and the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) that have caused unhappiness at the highest levels. However, the coming year offers an op...
Malaysian crude palm oil seen up 4pc in 2024 on biodiesel demand, stagnant output
JAKARTA, Jan 18 — Malaysian crude palm oil (CPO) prices are expected to rise in 2024, as stagnant production despite rising demand for biodiesel is seen offsetting the impact of higher output of rival oils, a Reuters poll showed. Benchmark palm prices will average RM3,950 a metric tonne in 2024, up ...
Palm Oil: RSPO plans for its next 20 years
This article first appeared in The Edge Malaysia Weekly on January 15, 2024 – January 21, 2024 The topic of palm oil — and whether it can be sustainably produced — is a controversial one, with a range of views from different parties. This tension has boiled over in recent years as palm oil boy...
