#News: Communities near #palmoil mega plantation in #DRC demand access to land. Palm oil co. accused of #landgrabbing #corruption and #ecocide farmers cite financial and #humanrights violations. #BoycottPalmOil https://news.mongabay.com/2024/08/drc-communities-turn-up-heat-on-eu-lenders-funding-palm-oil-giant-phc/
DRC communities turn up heat on EU lenders funding palm oil giant PHC
On May 24, 2024, clashes broke out between members of a local community and security guards at an oil palm plantation in the northeast of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the latest such incident in a long-running dispute over some 58,000 hect…Christophe Assogba (Conservation news)