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Palm Oil Demand Fuels African Land Conflict

Soaring global demand for palm oil is pushing illegal land clearances and causing conflict among indigenous peoples, writes VOA.

Africa: Demand for Palm Oil Fuels Land Conflicts in Africa, Southeast Asia

VOA, 14 November 2013

As the world's demand for palm oil increases, deforestation and the resulting release of carbon dioxide emissions continue to be a concern. However, The Forest Peoples Programme, a… Read more »

A field recently cleared of forest to make way for palm oil and rubber plantations

Nigeria: Oil Palm Supply - RSPO Builds Capacity Among Stakeholders

Vanguard, 23 September 2013

THE Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO), Africa Roadshow in Nigeria, a two-day event,was an awareness raising and capacity building programme which was implemented by an… Read more »
Cameroon: Forest People Alarmed At Shifting Tactics of U.S. Palm Oil Firm

AlertNet, 13 September 2013

Communities in Cameroon's Southwest Region fear they could lose their land after environment groups warned that U.S.-owned palm oil firm Herakles Farms is seeking to sell off… Read more »
Liberia: 'Palmbay Saga' - Citizens Resist Survey, Company, Accuses Big Hands

FrontPageAfrica, 22 September 2013

The ongoing tension between locals of District #4 in Grand Bassa County over the survey of 34,500 acres of land seems to be escalating by the day with revelations of political… Read more »

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