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.
Publications
4 April 2019
The booklet “Promise, Divide, Intimidate and Coerce: 12 tactics palm oil companies use to grab community land” aims to support communities who want to strengthen their resistance and better prepare themselves to stop corporations from establishing on their lands.
Publications
27 November 2018
Only available in French.
Bulletin articles
7 March 2018
The voices and stories of forest-dependent women are often rejected, unheard or silenced, which makes it easier for companies to grab community land. But what happens when they start to raise their voices?
Bulletin articles
21 September 2017
Bulletin articles
15 October 2015
Other information
6 May 2015
Action alerts
13 May 2014
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
