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Norwegian wealth fund divests from Alicorp over palm oil-linked destruction in Peruvian Amazon
10.03.2020 Alicorp purchased palm oil from the Ocho Sur plantation where a reported 7,000ha of forest was destroyed and indigenous communities displaced
UN deadline looms for Peru to revisit law threatening 100,000 hectares of Amazon
14.11.2019 A proposed new law in Ucayali would remove safeguards for 3.5 million hectares of forest
No respite for Honduras’ protected forests as illegal oil palm continues to advance
14.06.2019 Amid a surge in palm oil exports to Europe, illegal clearing of protected forests in Honduras continues to worsen as authorities fail to crack down on illegal farms and “palm laundering”
GVL rebuked for “coercing” communities in Liberia
28.03.2018 Investigation by the RSPO has found that Golden Veroleum Liberia coerced communities into giving their “consent” to palm oil project
Illegal deforestation hit big ag firms where it hurt – in the pocket
22.12.2017 A new analysis of three major agricultural firms implicated in illegal deforestation reveals how it affected profitability and huge losses for investors
Denounced by government and RSPO, Peruvian plantation continues
26.05.2017 Plantaciones de Pucallpa has been the subject of suspensions, stop orders and fines by different government agencies for its illegal deforestation activities
Swiss banks bankrolling illegal deforestation in Africa and East Asia
24.03.2017 Report exposed links between country's banks and some of world’s largest palm oil firms
Palm oil firm desecrates religious sites and clears forest in Liberia
20.10.2016 A major palm oil firm has desecrated religious sites and polluted water supplies in Liberia, in the latest in a series of rights violations
