Oil palm in Africa: past, present and future scenarios
The publication contains a general introduction to the issue of oil palm in Africa, followed by specific information on the 23 countries analyzed under this research.
By Ricardo Carrere - December 2010

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

Oil palm and rubber plantations in Western and Central Africa: An Overview
Briefing by The World Rainforest Movement., December 2008

ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN THE WRM BULLETIN

2011

• Colombia: Oil-palm plantations, violation of human rights and Afro-descendent communities’ quest for true dignity
• Congo: Tar sands and palm oil projects threaten local communities and undermine efforts to tackle climate change
• Greenwashing the green desert in Copenhagen
• Meeting of the Latin American network against monoculture tree plantations
• Indonesia: Call for suspension of World Bank (IFC) lending to oil palm
• Mexico: Oil palm business at the expense of the poor
• Uganda: BIDCO Oil palm plantation expansion will further put at risk local communities livelihoods
• Guatemala: Social and environmental impacts of oil palm plantations
• New WRM Information tools
• Women raise their voices in three continents

• Papua New Guinea: Women against further expansion of oil palm

• Indonesia: Criminalization of social leader for the benefit of oil palm corporation

• Papua New Guinea: World Bank promoting oil palm and pushing people into poverty

• No more frontiers to cross: Life of Mekong people in the plantation era
• Thailand’s big plans for agrofuel plantations face uncertainty
• Palm oil expansion for agrofuels: Burning all hope of stabilising the climate?
• Colombia: “Green washed” palm increases threats to food sovereignty and human rights
• Thailand: Diversity and community forest use versus monocultures and parks
  français português
• Indonesia: Harsh conditions for women workers in oil palm plantations français português
• Malaysia: Those who lose in the oil palm business français português
• Tree Plantations in Africa: A co-ordinated onslaught to grab what remains of Africa’s natural capital?

• Colombia: Oil palm grows by the force of violence français português

• Malaysia: Blockades against Sarawak oil palm company français português

• West Africa: Wilmar and Olam International ambitious expansion plans for palm oil français português

• Ivory Coast: Tanoé Swamps Forest under destruction by Unilever/Palm-Ci’s oil palm plantations

• Malaysia: The logging trail leading to tree monocultures in Sarawak

• Indonesia: Destruction of forests by pulpwood and oil palm plantations drives climate change

• Colombia: Oil palm plantation workers in Puerto Wilches on strike

• Ecuador: Social and environmental impacts of oil palm

• Malaysia: Severe health effects of pesticides on workers in oil palm plantations

• 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.

• Bajo la palma - Un video de la Comisión de Justicia y Paz de Colombia - Bajo la palma narra el avance del "desierto verde" en una de las mayores reservas de biodiversidad. Sus protectores relatan sus memorias y resistencias. Only available in Spanish

• World Bank: No more funding for oil palm plantations! - 18th May, 2010

• Unilever applies a coat of greenwash - Rel-UITA - Also available in Spanish and Portuguese

• Special section on the Annual Meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
  2 - 4 November, 2009 - Kuala Lumpur

• La Palma Africana en México. Los monocultivos desastrosos - Gustavo Castro Soto
  Otros Mundos, AC/Amigos de la Tierra México, San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, México - 7 de junio de 2009 - Primera Parte / Segunda Parte (Only in Spanish)

• A Study To Identify Key Issues For Engagement About The Oil Palm Project In Ssese Islands Kalangala District: A Case Study Of Buggala And Bunyama Island In Kalangala District - March 2009

• Declarations against the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) - In defence of Human Rights, Food Sovereignty - October 2008

• Declaration of Social Organizations and Communities Regarding the Intentions of the First Latin American Meeting of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil - October 2008

• International Declaration against the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO). In defence of Human Rights, Food Sovereignty, Biodiversity and Climate Justice - October 2008 (Also available in French)

• 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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