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Crisp and drink giant #PepsiCo runs quirky ad campaigns enticing zoomers and millennials into a lifetime of #obesity and #diabetes. Yet few people know PepsiCo are linked to #indigenous #landgrabbing for #palmoil Take action! #Boycottpalmoil
http://palmoildetectives.com/2022/06/09/pepsico/
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Despite decades of promises to end deforestation for palm oil PepsiCo (owner of crisp brands Frito-Lay, Cheetos and Doritos along with hundreds of other snack food brands) have continued sourcing p…Palm Oil Detectives
Prabowo Heralds an Uncertain Future For Fundamental Freedoms in Indonesia
The last administration showed an increasing disdain for democratic and human rights norms. The new one might be even worse.Rosalind Ratana and Cornelius Damar Hanung (The Diplomat)
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)
New Research Reveals: “Sustainable” Palm Oil No Different in Land Conflicts
New research published in the journal Political Geography reveals that there is no significant difference between RSPO-certified “sustainable” palm oil companies and non-certified ones …Palm Oil Detectives
New #research #study 🧐 reveals "sustainable" #palmoil isn't any better for workers. RSPO-certified and non-certified co's in #Indonesia use violence and intimidation for #landgrabbing. Take action and #BoycottPalmOil ✊ #humanrights🌴🚫 @palmoildetect
New Research Reveals: “Sustainable” Palm Oil No Different in Land Conflicts
New research published in the journal Political Geography reveals that there is no significant difference between RSPO-certified “sustainable” palm oil companies and non-certified ones …Palm Oil Detectives
Snack giant PepsiCo allegedly sourced “sustainable” palm oil from razed Indigenous land in Peru
PepsiCo’s supply chain is linked to environmental and human rights violations in Peru, involving Amazon deforestation and Indigenous land invasion. For three years, palm oil from deforested S…Palm Oil Detectives
Socfin’s Destructive Empire: Palm Oil Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses in West Africa
A six-month investigation reveals Socfin’s exploitation of rubber and palm oil in Ghana and Nigeria, leading to deforestation, landgrabbing and human rights abuses. SOCFIN is a palm oil compa…Palm Oil Detectives
#ParisOlympics #Olympic #BoycottPalmOil #Boycott4Wildlife #DefendForestDefenders 📸 via RAN
"Sustainable" #palmoil and rubber co. and #RSPO member SOCFIN is on a decades long rampage of violent #landgrabbing and #ecocide in #Ghana and Nigeria. Help local communities to fight back against #humanrights abuses when you #Boycottpalmoil @palmoildetec
Socfin’s Destructive Empire: Palm Oil Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses in West Africa
A six-month investigation reveals Socfin’s exploitation of rubber and palm oil in Ghana and Nigeria, leading to deforestation, landgrabbing and human rights abuses. SOCFIN is a palm oil compa…Palm Oil Detectives
Amazon Palm: Global brands continue to source palm oil from Amazon destroyers Agropalma & BBF
Major international brands sourcing palm oil from Brazilian plantations linked to violence, torture and land fraud. Global supermarket brands Ferrero, ADM, Bunge, Cargill, Danone, Ferrero, Hershey’…Palm Oil Detectives
#WestPapua: #NeoColonialism is going on and on, it seems. Now the Permanent People’s Tribunal on West Papua, held in London on 27-29 June, once more brought the #oppression of the West Papua people, the #destruction of #biosphere|s on the table, calling on the UN to help end the crimes, committed by international #corporations with support from the #Indonesian state (or is it the other way round?):
https://braveneweurope.com/ben-wray-western-corporations-and-states-are-complicit-in-west-papuas-human-and-environmental-catastrophe
#BP #Unilever #PalmOil #LandGrabbing #extractivism
Ben Wray - Western corporations and states are complicit in West Papua's "human and environmental catastrophe" - Brave New Europe
A report from the Permanent People’s Tribunal on West Papua, held in London on 27-29 June, which heard direct from West Papuans about the disastrous effects of Indonesian rule on their lives and land. Ben [...]Ben Wray (Brave New Europe)
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saving #animals in #Uganda #Lesotho #Malawi and also #palmoil #landgrabbing #animalrights and the #Boycott4Wildlife #Africa https://palmoildetectives.com/2021/08/21/wildlife-vet-dr-richard-k-ssuna-in-his-own-words/ via
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Wildlife Vet Dr Richard K Ssuna: In His Own Words
Dr Richard K. Ssuna has been caring for (wild and domesticated) animals as a Veterinarian for over 20 years. In the past he’s worked for the Uganda Society for the Protection and Care of Animals (U…Palm Oil Detectives
Story: @mongabay
Garifuna land rights abuses persist in Honduras, despite court ruling
Since the early 17th century, the Garifuna Afro-Indigenous peoples of Honduras have lived on the country’s northern Caribbean coast, where they collectively own large tracts of rich coastal land and sustain their livelihoods on subsistence agricultur…alexandrapopescu (Conservation news)
Kwara communities suffer deforestation, land degradation after departure of White Zimbabwe farmers
In 2004, some displaced white farmers from Zimbabwe arrived in the agrarian communities in the Shonga district of Edu Local Government Area of Kwara State.Yakubu Mohammed (Premium Times)
https://www.benarnews.org/english/news/indonesian/rights-abuses-06102024153909.html
Indonesian palm oil firm clashes with villagers it allegedly shortchanged
JAKARTA — A dispute simmering for years has erupted into conflict between villagers and a palm oil company on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi over the latter’s failure to abide by a profit-sharing scheme.hayat (Conservation news)
A new and silent land grab is underway – we must stop it - resilience
Securing land and preventing land grabbing must go hand-in-hand with inclusive, redistributive forms of economic development.Resilience (Resilience.org)
A Lone Dayak Community’s Last Stand Against Palm Oil| Countercurrents
The Dayak peoples of Borneo have been fiercely resisting the encroachment of palm oil plantations on their ancestral lands for many decades. This article byAthena (Countercurrents.org)
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RSPO complaints system about “sustainable” palm oil still fails Indigenous peoples after 20 years
The Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil has incorporated free, prior and informed consent into its criteria. However, after 20 years of promise about so-called “sustainable” palm oil …Palm Oil Detectives