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.

Bulletin articles 26 September 2014

10th Anniversary of the International Day of Struggle against Monoculture Plantations

Publications 23 September 2014

Nuevas tendencias en la expansión de los monocultivos industriales de árboles en América Latina

Multimedia 8 September 2014

Collection of videos about the impacts of large scale industrial oil palm plantations

Bulletin articles 7 May 2014

The expansion of industrial oil palm plantations in Africa: A call for greater solidarity and action

Bulletin articles 7 May 2014

RSPO: fake promises promoting further oil palm plantations expansion

Other information 11 September 2013

Expansion of palm oil in the Brazilian Amazon: an analysis of impacts on family farm in north-eastern Pará

Bulletin articles 30 January 2013

Biomass and Bioenergy

Bulletin articles 30 May 2012

Oil palm plantation workers in Central America: The experience of Rel-UITA

Publications 15 December 2008

Oil palm and rubber plantations in Western and Central Africa: An Overview

Oil palm and rubber plantations occupy extensive areas in many countries in tropical Africa. In spite of their social and environmental impacts, until now they have received scant attention both at the national and international level.