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.

Other information 15 April 2016

Mundemba Declaration: Women and the expansion of oil palm plantations and industrial palm oil

Bulletin articles 15 September 2015

Palm oil concessions for logging: the case of Herakles Farms in Cameroon

Other information 6 May 2015

African resistance to land grabs by plantation companies Bolloré and Socfin

Other information 10 April 2015

From Africa’s Palms

Other information 31 October 2014

The curse of palm oil in Cameroon: Pollution, expropriations and land grabbing

Action alerts 17 June 2014

Land grabber's paradise: Cameroonian environmentalist faces trial, while charges against his attackers mysteriously "disappear"

Deforestación

Other information 10 June 2014

Cameroon: Call to action against Herakles Farms

Other information 10 June 2014

Licence to Launder

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Bulletin articles 7 May 2014

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

Action alerts 29 January 2014

Your support is needed: Cameroon activists on trial for peaceful protest against Wall Street land grabber

Action alerts 29 January 2014

Letter sent by several NGOs to relevant UN Special Rapporteurs requesting they investigate and intervene in these cases of acts of repression and criminalisation of local organisations and activists in Cameroon

Bulletin articles 23 December 2013

Cameroon: Opposition to Herakles Farms’ oil palm project on native lands