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Illegal operations common feature of palm oil-driven conflicts
20.12.2016 Conflicts between communities and companies and between communities and the government, have proliferated across areas of Indonesia targeted for plantations
Illegal palm oil encroaches on Aceh’s largest peatswamp
24.11.2016 The Indonesian province lost more than 4,000 hectares of forest in the first half of 2016, largely due to “legally questionable, if not downright illegal” palm oil expansion
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
121 palm oil mills linked to illegal land in Riau
14.10.2016 More than half of palm oil mills in Riau may be linked to illegal plantations, according the chairman of a parliamentary commission in the Sumatran province
Illegal cocoa and palm plantations cause $111m damage in Peruvian Amazon
10.10.2016 Peru’s National Forest and Wildlife Service chief reveals that deforestation by two illegal cocoa and oil palm plantations in the Peruvian Amazon has causes widespread damage
Drone footage shows illegal burning for palm oil in Riau
27.09.2016 Organisations in Indonesia have released footage showing evidence of the criminal use of fire to clear forests
‘Strong indication’ oil palm company is behind kidnapping of investigators
06.09.2016 A team of environmental investigators were taken hostage and threatened while they were investigating illegal fires allegedly started by palm oil company
Korindo allegedly burning Papuan forests for palm oil
01.09.2016 Palm oil firm allegedly destroyed 30,000 hectares of Papuan forests for palm oil since 2013
