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Dumai – Police Region Dumai, Riau Province arrested a truck driver transporting crude palm oil (CPO). AN is suspected to smuggle CPO from PT Sari Dumai Sejati (SDS) in Lubuk Gaung.

KUCHING – The Government of Malaysia mentioned, the country needs to do more researches to develop sustainable alternative energies, such as, water, hydorgen, wind, palm oil, and other products of waste.

PEKANBARU – What Ministry of Environment and Forestry does to revise the Regulation No.71/2014 about the Protection and Wetland Cultivation is welcomed by Forestry Agency, Riau Province.

NIGERIA –The significant decreasing income in Nigeria for the decreasing or cheaper raw oil forces the federal government to limit the exports ofcertain agricultural products.

MUKOMUKO – Agriculture, Livestock, Plantation and Forestry (ALPF) Agency, District of Mukomuko, Bengkulu Province suggested the farmers to register their palm oil and rubber  plantations in order to make cultivation list document (CLD).

DUMAI–Industry and Trade Agency, Dumai, Riau Province announced that all palm oil process companies running CPO exports should have documents about where palm oil derives from.

JAKARTA – Palm oil company, PT Astra Agro Lestari Tbk (AALI) noted, in 2014 the company had produced 1,74 millions of tons of crude palm oil (CPO) or it increased 13,3% than it in 2013, which was 1,53 millions of tons.

SAROLANGUN – Police Region Mandiangin, District of Sarolangun, Jambi Province are hunting palm oil thefs stealing the plantations of PT Prakarsa JaminMakmur (PJM) and the people’s.

KUALA LUMPUR – One of many palm oil companies in the world, Sime Darby Bhd, mentioned, his company has got the agreement from the European Commission to have shares of New Britain Palm Oil Ltd (NBPOL) about US$1,74 billions.

MUKOMUKO – To fulfill the needs of palm oil farmers in Mukomuko, the local governent keeps increasing to buy the sprouts. In this year, it is planned to buy 50 thousands sprouts.

JAKARTA – Vegetable Energy Development Credit – Revitalization (VEDC – R) programme which was in the first place to accelarate the people’s plantation through the replanting programme is considered to burden the farmers themselves.

PEKANBARU – Head of Plantation Agency, Riau Province, Zuhler said, Riau becomes the pilot project of the central government in the Indonesian Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certification for independent palm oil farmers.

KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia’s palm oil products decreased 17,7 % from 01 – 25 January 2015 than 01 – 25 December 2014. Cargo surveyor of Intertek Testing Services said, Malaysia’s CPO export volume decreased to be 886.189 tons from 1.077.000 tons in the previous month.

LIBERIA - Equatorial Palm Oil plc (EPO), palm oil company operating in Liberia, West Africa announced that in Tuesday (27/1), 50% shares of the joint venture company with Liberia Palm Developments Limited (LPD) has officially signed loan about $20.5 billions from KLK Agro Plantations Pte Ltd (KLK Agro), the subindustry of Kuala Lumpur Kepong Berhad (KLK), to fund the operational in LPD.

PEKANBARU – Palm oil trees in the new office of Regional Government in Subdistrict of Tenayan Raya, Riau, will be cut off immediately.

NEW DELHI – Crude palm oil (CPO) price decreased 2,25% to be Rs 430,60 per 10 kg in the stock exchange, Tuesday (27/1), as the speculants cut off the decreasing trend in the spot markets.

BANGKINANG – Palm oil farmers in Subdistrict of Bangkinang and Tapung, District of Kampar, Monday (26/1), claimed that in one last month, the fruit price of 5 – 10 year old increases, which was Rp1.330/kg to be Rp1.350/kg and now it is about Rp1.350/kg to Rp1.370/kg.

PEKANBARU – Based on the decision of price making team in Plantation Agency of Riau, in January 28th – February 3rd, 2015, the 1o year old fruit decreases Rp28,36 to be Rp1.724,22/Kg which was only Rp1.752.58/Kg.

MEDAN – State Enterprice, PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) IV will immediately get Indonesia Sustainable Palm Oil (ISPO) certificate. Public Relation of PTPN IV, Syahrul Aman Siregar, the independent institution of ISPO is still auditing PTPN IV.

MAKASSAR – Watershed Management Agency thought, The People Forest and Village Forest could be the solution to solve the tenure conflict – conflict relating the area management and advantage in the forestry area among the people in South Sulawesi.  This programme could make the people able to access to cultivate the forest and advantage the result or harvest they have done.