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Oil palm firms linked to land grabbing, illegal deforestation, pollution in Latin America
14.01.2019 A new investigation on Latin America's palm oil sector has laid bare a series of illegalities, deforestation, environmental pressures, and conflicts with local communities
Honduran authorities seek to halt illegal oil palm cultivation within Jeannette Kawas National Park
31.10.2018 After years of complaints by local communities and conservation organisations, public prosecutors have finally begun to investigate
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
Asian governments backing deforestation in Gabon and Cameroon
22.03.2018 An extract from Earthsight's The Coming Storm report exposes the connections between the Singaporean and Chinese governments and two of the projects which have cleared the most forest to-date
The Coming Storm: Toxic mix of dodgy firms, impunity and collusion threaten Congo's rainforests
12.03.2018 Earthsight report released today documents the destruction of the forests of the Congo Basin for industrial palm oil and rubber plantations
