Plans for biodiversity conservation park

EXPERTS in orchidology and botany are looking into planting more flora species at the Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin Orchid Conservatory in Fraser’s Hill as part of conservation and research efforts.

TDM rebuts report Indonesian subsidiary conducted open burning

KUALA LUMPUR: TDM Bhd has rebutted a report that its Indonesian subsidiary PT. Rafi Kamajaya Abadi (PTRKA) allegedly conducted the largest opening burning of 600ha in West Kalimantan.

Let’s talk about the haze

I MUST say, like most Malaysians, I'm relieved we are enjoying a respite from the haze and smog that engulfed our skies over the past couple of weeks.

Every patch of jungle is precious now

From SALSABIL GUL of Cyberjaya, Selangor.

Best years of investing in palm oil industry in the past

Indonesia to push back palm replanting target beyond 2025

JAKARTA: Indonesia could take at least 12 years to complete a programme of replanting palm-growing areas after a farm ministry official said it was revising down annual targets, due to difficulties smallholders faced in proving they were eligible for the scheme.

TDM’s 1,201ha in Indonesia affected by fire

KUALA LUMPUR: About 1,201 ha owned by TDM Bhd’s unit, PT Rafi Kamajaya Abadi (PTRKA) in Indonesia, has been affected by fire.

Pressured by U.S., Colombians uproot coca plants, wary of landmines

TARAZA, Colombia (Reuters) - Dozens of Colombian soldiers dug up coca bushes under the tropical sun on a steep hillside near the Caribbean coast. Shovels in hand and guns slung across their backs in case of a sniper attack, they are part of their government's stepped-up efforts to slash cocaine production under pressure from Washington.

UOB Kay Hian Research remains positive on CPO prices

KUALA LUMPUR: UOB Kay Hian Malaysia Research remains positive on the recovery in crude palm oil (CPO) prices on the back of lower production growth with older-age tree profiles, slower replanting in Malaysia and a lack of fertiliser application.

Resort dive team arrives ‘jaws’ in time to save shark

KOTA KINABALU: An attempt to rid the sea of “ghost nets” – abandoned or lost fishing nets – proved to be a blessing as divers from a resort here managed to rescue a bamboo shark that was found trapped in one of such nets.