Palm Oil
The oil palm tree is native to West Africa. It is an important tree for forest-dependent communities, their cultures and their economies. However, large-scale oil palm monocultures for industrial production (oil and agrofuels) have been driving deforestation and land grabbing in Southeast Asia. More recently, oil palm monocultures are also driving destruction in Africa and Latin America.
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15 April 2016
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15 April 2016
Bulletin articles
9 November 2015
**This article is based on a conversation between Winnie Overbeek, the international coordinator of the World Rainforest Movement, and GRAIN on September 2014, which was published by GRAIN at “Planet palm oil”. The information has been updated for this article.
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15 October 2015
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6 March 2015
Bulletin articles
26 September 2014
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26 September 2014
Multimedia
8 September 2014
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7 May 2014
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3 December 2013
