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KUALA LUMPUR - Felda Global Ventures Holdings Bhd (FGV) achieved award “The 2014 Frost and Sullivan Palm Oil Plantation Company of the Year Excellence Award”for the second year serially.

SINGAPURA – Palm oil company, Kencana Agri Limited in the first quarter 2014 (1Q2014) had decreasing income about 44% to be US$ 50,2 millions to the same period in last year which was US$ 89,5 millions.

JAKARTA – A plantation company, , PT PP London Sumatra Tbk (Lonsum) noted the increasing CPO production in the first quater 2014 (1q2014) about 13% from 99.776 tons in 1q2013 to be 100.330 tons in 1q2014 while the palm kernel production increased 17,0% to be 24.244 tons than 1Q2013 which was 20.715 tons.

Jakarta – The accusation of General Secretary of Ministry of Forestry, Hadi Daryanto, saying that palm oil farmers as part of deforestation was criticized by Palm Oil Farmers Federation (POFF).

MEDAN - ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) which will be running in 2015 becomes the new and harder challenge to the palm oil farmers in Indonesia. AEC will ease the foreign big corporations which have big modals to dominate than nowadays conditions.

JAKARTA – Secretary of Environment, Singapore, Vivian Balakrishnan, deforestation in Asian countries happened for commercial problems. For example, the flame to get short term benefits.

JAKARTA – Indonesian Embassy in Belgium felt sorry for the black campaigns about Indonesian palm oil products.

SANDAKAN – In the opening ceremony of 5th Palmex Exhibition in Sandakan Community Hall, Chairman of Secretary Sabah, Datuk Seri Musa Aman said, the government of Sabah makes industrial clusters palm oil to support the progress of downstream sectors. They are in Sandakan and Lahad Datu.

JAKARTA – Millions palm oil plantations belonging to the farmers in Indonesia havebeen old and should be in replanting process. But the government thought, they who run this commodity have been good to handle by themselves though 40% of palm oil plantations belong to the farmers.

JAKARTA – In 2015, PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) VI will run palm oil downstream industry by founding palm kernel oil (PKO) factory within s 40 tons – 50 tons per hour in capacity in Sungai Bahar, Jambi.

SINGAPURA – By the end of March, Golden Agri Resources Ltd (GAR) totally has planted area about 469.576 hectare, which consist of 369.294 ha are main plantation and the rest, 100.282 are plasma plantation.

JAKARTA – It was surprising thing in United States (US). When all the aim countries had decreasing demand of palm oil, US booked increasing demands of CPO significantly.

BENGKULU–Non Government Organizations keep making campaigns which says that palm oil industries damage the environment and harm the pople. On Monday (18/5/2014), in Bengkulu, two activist of United States, Jeff Conant from Friends of Earth (FOE) and Brihannala Morgan from Rainforest Action Network (RAN) did campaigns aboutpalm oil and minings.

BERAU – Administrator Board (AB) REDD+ appreciated District of Berau which run the Berau Forest Carbon Programme and other initiatives, such as, changing the Other Areal Usage to be Lesan Protected Forest about 11.000 hectares and palm oil plantation to be Labuan Cermin Protected Region about 2.000 hectares.

KUBU RAYA – One palm oil company in District of Kubu Raya, West Kalimantan, PT Cipta Tumbuh Berkembang (CTB) was accused to steal the area belonging to the Kraton Mulya Emperor to be palm oil plantation in Village Tanjung Bunga, Subdistrict of Teluk Pak Kedai.

BERAU–To implement REDD+(Reducing Emmission from Deforestation and Forest Degradation, Provincial Government ofEast Kalimantan and the local government of Berau continue the cooperation with the Administrator Board (AB) of REDD+ which had been signed in 2013.

JOHOR – In the general yearly meeting of Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabilitation Authority (Felcra) Sri Mersing Project, which was attended by 1, 150 participants, the meeting should wait for some time to get profits from palm oil projects.

SANGATTA – To develop the people’s economy in District of East Kutai (East Kalimantan), the government plans to re-build factories to produce crude palm oil (CPO).

MEDAN–To many journalists, Head of Central Statistic Board, North Sumatera, Win Koesdiatmono, Monday (19/5/2014) said in March 2014, five export commodities of North Sumatera increased from the previous month.

JAKARTA – Indonesian Palm Oil Plantation Businessmen said we have good biodiesel production natural palm oil-base. So the priority should be biodiesel development in whole.