Oil Palm. From Cosmetics to Biodiesel - Colonization Lives On
Selection of articles published in the monthly electronic bulletin of the World Rainforest Movement, addressing the impacts of the oil palm plantations in the forestss. September 2006. Also available in Spanish

"The Bitter Fruit of Oil Palm"
WRM's book on the impacts  of oil palm plantations.
August  2001. Also available in Spanish

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN

• Congo, D.R: The oil palm invasion has started
• Indonesia: New report on the human rights impacts of oil palm plantation expansion
• Indonesia: Leading oil palm producer. Leading carbon emitter?

• Papua New Guinea: Woodlark’s islanders demand a halt to oil palm plantations
• Indonesia: Government Policy on Palm Oil Development

• Cameroon: State mechanisms for the promotion of oil palm plantations

• Colombia: Communities eradicate oil palm plantations to repossess their territory
• Indonesia: The impacts of oil palm plantations on women
• Papua New Guinea: Life can be hard for women in oil palm plantations
• Congo, Republic: Thousands of hectares of land for eucalyptus, oil palm and mining

• Benin: Large scale oil palm plantations for agrofuel

• Indonesia: Agrofuel from oil palm –the poor pay with higher edible oil prices

• Papua New Guinea: Women most affected by oil palm plantations

• Ecuador: Public outcry demanding revision of the Agrarian and Forestry Plan

• Uganda: Fighting for the Mabira Forest and final success!
• Thailand: The looming catastrophe of oil palm plantations for biodiesel
• Cameroon: The tough reality in oil palm plantations
• Ecuador: The Awa People and their territory between political interests and economic pressure.

Bulletin Nº 47 - June 2001 (complete version)
Oil palm monocultures are being promoted and spreading throughout the tropics, impacting on nature and on people’s livelihoods. Given the importance of the issue and the lack of awareness about the impacts they entail, we decided to focus this issue of the WRM Bulletin entirely on this subject. Although the articles constitute a sample of the many countries where these plantations are being implemented, we believe that they provide an overview of the different problems and actors involved, which can be of assistance to people struggling at the local level against this increasing threat.

• Les Camerounais exploités des palmeraies de Bolloré Social - En grève, les ouvriers dénoncent des conditions de travail et de vie indignes. Fanny Pigeaud, mars 2008, © Libération (only in French)

• Losing Ground. The human rights impacts of oil palm plantation expansion in Indonesia - A report by Friends of the Earth, LifeMosaic and Sawit Watch - February 2008

• Rights of rubber farmers in Thailand under free trade - By Ms Sayamol Kaiyoorawong and Ms Bandita Yangdee - Project for Ecological Awareness Building - February 2008

• Analysis on existing legislation related to oil palm plantations:
  Case studies from Latin America, Africa and Asia - WRM, December 2007.

• Partenship in oil palm plantation; The mask of oppression - Yayasan Keadilan Rakyat (YKR)
  Propinsi Jambi, 2006 (pdf 224 kB)

• PALM OIL FOR BIOFUELS INCREASES SOCIAL CONFLICTS AND UNDERMINES LAND REFORM IN INDONESIA - Open letter to theEuropean Parliament, the European Commission, the governments and citizens of the European Union. - By Sawit Watch. Bogor, 26 January 2007

• Poisoned and Silenced: A study of pesticide poisoning in the plantations
  Tenaganita and PAN Asia and the Pacific,
  Malaysia, March 2002.

• Greasy palms - European buyers of Indonesian palm oil
  Friends of the Earth report - March 2004

• Greasy palms - The social and ecological impacts of large-scale oil palm plantation development in Southeast Asia
  Friends of the Earth report - March 2004

• Greasy palms - Palm Oil, The Environment and Big Business
  Friends of the Earth report - March 2004

• Oil palm plantations pictures from Ecuador

• Oil Palm Plantations and Deforestation in Indonesia. What Role Do Europe and Germany Play?
  by WWF, November 2002.

• El Cultivo de la Palma Africana En Chiapas
  Chiapas al Día, No. 293 - CIEPAC, junio 2002 

• Campaign Case Study: Dutch banks and Indonesian palmoil
  Focus on Finance Newsletter, March 2001

• Funding Forest Destruction - The Involvement of Dutch Banks in the Financing of Oil Palm Plantations in Indonesia
  by Eric Wakker (AIDEnvironment), Jan Willem van Gelder (Profundo) and Telapak Sawit Research Team, March 2000 

• The Hesitant Boom: Indonesia’s Oil Palm Sub-Sector in an Era of Economic Crisis and Political Change
  by Anne Casson

• General Overview and Considerations of the Kulu-Dagi and Inland Kove Oil Palm Project, the likely potential environmental impacts, West New Britain Province.
  by Stephen Keu, Environmental Planner

• Environmental impacts of Oil Palm plantation cultivation on people, soil, water and forests ecosystems.
  by Stephen Talania Keu, MSc I .

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