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 November 2018
Women affected by OLAM’s oil palm plantations, during a meeting in the village of Fera, in Gabon, decided to send a letter to FAO denouncing the impacts they are suffering.
Other information
8 November 2018
Bulletin articles
10 July 2017
Bulletin articles
13 October 2015
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
Publications
30 August 2013
Governments are opening the doors to corporations for planting vast areas of land with oil palm plantations. This trend is not only happening in West and Central African countries, but is even expanding to parts of Eastern Africa. Large scale oil palm plantations are already causing serious environmental and social impacts in some countries, resulting in loss of community rights over their territories.
Publications
2 March 2013
Bulletin articles
27 February 2013
Bulletin articles
30 September 2012
