palm oil industry Archives

MPOC Replies to Environment Minister’s, Ségolèene Royal’s, Accusation on Palm Oil and Calls the French Government to Reject Them

“Minister Royale is flat wrong, and is misleading the French and European public. The Malaysian Palm Oil industry needs public confirmation from the French Government that Minister Royale’s comments...

Palm Oil; Basiron (COPD): Segolene Royal Minister is Wrong

(AGENPARL) – Milan, June 19 – The Council for the Malaysian Palm Oil (COPD) responds to the false accusations against the palm oil made by the French Environment Minister...

Malaysian Palm Oil Council: French Minister Segolene Royale Is Wrong

Kuala Lumpur – The Malaysian Palm Oil Council responds to the false accusations against palm oil leveled by French Environment Minister, Segolene Royale. The CEO of MPOC, Dr Yusof...

Asia Palm Oil Magazine Interview with Tan Sri Datuk Dr. Yusof Basiron

Palm biomass has massive potential. The National Biomass Strategy 2020: New Wealth Creation for Malaysia’s Palm Oil Industry report indicates that Malaysian palm oil industry generated an estimated 80mil...

Two Wings and a Beak: Malaysian Palm Oil’s Integrated Pest Management

This handsome barn owl is known as a silent predator of the night. In Malaysia, these magnificent hunters are used to control the rat populations on oil palm plantations....

Plain speaking about palm oil

I recall some years ago that MPOC was tasked with preventing the Truth in Labelling – Palm Oil Bill from being passed by the Australian Senate. Senator Nick Xenophon had introduced...

Obama didn’t see the big picture

The recent visit to Malaysia by US President Barack Obama drew significant interest – and rightly so. The United States is looking to expand its relations with Malaysia; yet,...

My Response to Irresponsible Allegations About Industry Practices Appeared in The STAR Newspaper

The environmental group Sahabat Alam Malaysia accused the palm oil industry of “genocide” against orang utans. Another group claimed the industry engages in indiscriminate clearing of protected land. And...