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

At the end of September, a meeting of civil society organisations from North and South (Alternative Network against Impunity and Market Globalisation) was held in Udine, Italy. During that meeting, strong concern about and criticism against the forthcoming first Latin American conference of the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) were expressed. That conference will take place on 16th and 17th October in Cartagena, Colombia.

Colombian organisations denounce the human rights violations made by agribusiness interests, and consider the RSPO to be an attempt to 'greenwash' territorial occupation and growing poverty amongst local communities.

The organisations of the Alterantive Network formulated a declaration (also available in french) against the RSPO's greenwashing of the palm oil industry and in support of the colombian social and environmental organisations.

If your organisation wishes to sign this declaration or for questions and comments about it, please send an email with the name of the organisation and the country to

unsustainablepalmoil@gmail.com

The declaration will be sent on 13 October, but it will be open after that date for further signatures. Please forward this declaration to others who may be interested.