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Covid-19 compounds local ire against palm oil firms in West Africa
16.07.2020 A new wave of alleged abuses by Wilmar, Socfin and others sees renewed calls for action
Cameroon women denounce "destruction" of forests and community by agribusiness giants
01.04.2020 Local women fight back against controversial palm oil, rubber firms accused of destroying community way of life and responsible for widespread deforestation
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
Feronia guard reportedly acquitted of Congolese activist’s murder
17.02.2020 Local rights group “shocked and outraged" after court dismisses charges against employee
Critics round on Bolivia authorities for prioritising agribusiness over deforestation crisis
31.01.2020 New legislation in Santa Cruz and Beni could see millions of hectares of forest destroyed for agribusiness
UK-based Equatorial Palm Oil under fire for alleged malpractice in Liberia
31.01.2020 Report calls for due diligence law to monitor UK-registered firms operating overseas
Nestlé dumps Cargill’s Brazilian soy but persists with its palm oil, cocoa supplies
17.01.2020 Food giant's decision to stop sourcing Brazilian soy from Cargill is welcomed, but failure to act on other suspect supply chains raises questions
Feronia’s EU funders look to act after report exposes Congo palm abuses
15.01.2020 Banks commit to addressing reports of worker abuse, environmental pollution and other malpractices at Feronia palm oil sites
Mystery shrouds firm set to clear 60,000 hectares of Cameroon forest for palm oil
20.12.2019 Camvert Sarl named as company behind a planned palm oil development that locals and activists fear will put communities and native forests at risk
Record forest fires are fanning the flames of Nicaragua’s deforestation crisis
18.12.2019 Weak governance and an expanding export-oriented agribusiness model fuel outbreak
