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'Palm Oil Development Leaves Liberians Poorer'

Alfred Brownell is a Liberian lawyer who has been awarded the Goldman Prize for his work in protecting the land rights of local people. Liberians have protested against foreign palm oil companies for more than 10 years and while palm oil companies offer some jobs, its never enough for the number of people who lose their land, Brownwell says.

Liberia: Palm Oil Development Leaves Liberians Poorer, Says Winner of 'Green Nobel'

Thomson Reuters Foundation, 29 April 2019

Palm oil plantations in Liberia are billed as bringing jobs and development but actually leave locals poorer, said a Liberian lawyer who won the prestigious Goldman Environmental… Read more »

Photo: Wade C.L. Williams/IPS

Boegbor, a town in district four in Grand Bassa County, Liberia has been leased by the government to Equatorial Palm Oil for 50 years (file photo).

Liberia: Alfred Brownell Wins Prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize

Observer, 30 April 2019

Cllr. Alfred Brownell is Africa's Goldman Environmental Prize 2019 recipient. Read more »
Liberia: GOL Helps Sime Darby to Raid Plantation of Illegal Residents

Observer, 29 March 2019

The Government of Liberia (GoL) through the Liberia National Police (LNP) has started raiding the Sime Darby Plantation of illegal palm oil processing mills, and those suspected of… Read more »
Africa: As Palm Oil Production Ramps Up in Africa, Communities Work to Avoid Problems Plaguing Other Regions

Ensia, 26 March 2019

For many, palm oil has become synonymous with environmental devastation in Southeast Asia. Can palm oil production in Africa follow a more sustainable path forward? Read more »

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Palm Oil Land Ruling Will 'Empower' Communities in Sierra Leone

The decision marks the first time in Sierra Leone's history that a community has been able to win back land leased to a foreign company, lawyers say. Read more »
- Sierra Leone: Ruling Against Palm Oil Company Will Empower Communities - Campaigners
World's Forests 'In Emergency Room' After Years of Losses

The loss of huge swathes of forest has major implications for climate change as they absorb a third of the planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions produced globally, experts say. Read more »
- Africa: World's Forests 'In Emergency Room' After Years of Losses
- Mozambique: How Rampant Deforestation Made Country More Vulnerable to Cyclone Idai
'Palm Oil Company Destroys Liberian Shrines' - Report

The new report by the international campaign group, Global Witness, comes fifteen months after they alleged that Liberians had been beaten, threatened and arrested for taking a ... Read more »
- Liberia: Global Witness Report Charges Golden Veroleum With Bulldozing Shrines in Liberia
- Liberia: Palm Oil Giant Golden Veroleum Bulldozes Religious Sites in Liberia, Protected By Armed Police

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