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Nestlรฉ is destroying rainforests, releasing mega-tonnes of carbon into the atmosphere, and killing hundreds of endangered species. Once these animals are gone โ they are gone for good. See NeโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Stakeholders Urge Action to Ban Toxic Farm Pesticides - Voice of Nigeria Broadcasting Service
Stakeholders in Nigeriaโs health, agriculture, and environmental sectors have raised an urgent alarm over the widespread use and distribution of Highly Hazardous Pesticides (HHPs) across the country.Rita Obiora (Voice of Nigeria Broadcasting Service)
#News: Exhibition highlights vanishing of West Papuaโs UNESCO recognised #noken weaving for #palmoil and #sugarcane in #WestPapua. Reject corporate #landgrabbing for palm oil in when you shop! #BoycottPalmOil #HumanRights #IndigenousRights
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Colonial Palm Oil Threatens Ancient Noken Weaving in West Papua
A powerful new indigenous art exhibition has highlighted the tragic loss of #WestPapuaโs cultural identity due to #deforestation for #palmoil and #sugarcane monoculture plantations. A situation perโฆPalm Oil Detectives
When deforestation, corruption and rights violations are just another palm oil family affair
We investigate and campaign against environmental crime and abuseEIA (Environmental Investigation Agency)
[News] UK Falling Behind EU on Environmental Regulation, Warns New IEEP UK Report - IEEP UK
The Institute for European Environmental Policy UK (IEEP UK) has today published its 2025 State of Play report on regulatory divergence in environmental policy since the UKโs departure from the EU.IEEP UK
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Can lab-grown oils offer a sustainable alternative to ingredients linked to deforestation?
Traditional palm and cocoa butter supply chains can take months. SMEYโs lab-grown oils cut that down to only 30 days.Indrabati Lahiri (Euronews.com)
Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance
In the Aguรกn Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant CorporatioโฆPalm Oil Detectives
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Despite the virtue-signalling of the palm oil certification body the RSPO, Mondelezโs so-called โsustainableโ palm oil is linked to 37.000ha of palm oil deforestation since 2016 (โฆPalm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Is Ruining Kalangala Uganda โ Locals Paying the Price
A catastrophic storm in #Ugandaโs Kalangala district left nearly 1,000 households homeless. The real culprit? Rampant #deforestation for #palmoil. Once rich in native forests that buffered storms, โฆPalm Oil Detectives
Research: Certifying Palm Oil as โSustainableโ Is No Panacea
Newly published research from the University of Michigan reveals that despite the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) certification system being influential, its effectiveness in reducing defโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Palm Oil Workers Expose Industry Practices Resembling Colonialism
Palm Oil Workers Expose Industry Practices Resembling Colonialism | A coalition of palm oil workers in Indonesia has unveiled industry practices that mirror colonial exploitation, including land grโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Guatemala: Water Law Urgently Needed
Widespread lack of access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation puts the health and other rights of millions of Guatemalans, especially Indigenous people and women, at risk.Human Rights Watch
Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways
Research: Palm Oil Plantations Threaten Indigenous Waterways | A study by the University of Massachusetts Amherst reveals that the expansion of oil palm plantations in West Papuaโs Kais River waterโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Socfinโs Destructive Empire: Palm Oil Deforestation and Human Rights Abuses in West Africa
A six-month investigation reveals Socfinโs exploitation of rubber and palm oil in Ghana and Nigeria, leading to deforestation, landgrabbing and human rights abuses. SOCFIN is a palm oil compaโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Cambodia: Mother Nature Activists in Prison One Year
Five Cambodian environmental activists who have completed one year of their six to eight-year prison terms on baseless charges should be immediately and unconditionally released.Human Rights Watch
Violence for Palm Oil Against Peasant Communities in Honduras Meets Resistance
In the Aguรกn Valley of northern Honduras, peasant communities reclaiming ancestral lands face increasing violence and intimidation from armed groups linked to organised crime. The Dinant CorporatioโฆPalm Oil Detectives
Trump moves to open protected Arctic lands in Alaska to oil drilling
The Trump administration has proposed reopening vast sections of Alaskaโs National Petroleum Reserve to oil development, including long-protected areas around Teshekpuk Lake.Yereth Rosen reports for Alaska Beacon.EHN Curators (EHN)
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Increasing Support for the McDonald's Boycott - Info Petite Nation
Introduction In recent months, the fast-food giant McDonaldโs has faced mounting pressure from various activist groups and concernedInfo Petite Nation - Breaking News & Local Updates
Hundreds of transgender people and allies showed up at Westminster to lobby their member of parliament, in what has been a history making day of action for trans rights.
Meanwhile In the UK The Battle Over Trans-Rights Continues
#OurModernTimes #HumanRights #UK #Trans-Rights #Law #Westminster
Hundreds of people turn up to lobby MPs about trans rights: โThis is only the beginningโ
Hundreds of people showed up at Westminster to lobby their MP in what could be a "record breaking" day of action for trans rights.Sophie Perry (PinkNews | Latest lesbian, gay, bi and trans news | LGBTQ+ news)
'The #EU has corroborated UN allegations that #Israel was guilty of "indiscriminate attacks ... starvation ... torture ... [and] #apartheid" against #Palestinians in a leaked "review".'
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#EUpol #Palestine #Gaza #oPt #HumanRights @palestine @israel
Full text of EU report on Israeli crimes in Gaza
Full text: The EU has corroborated UN allegations that Israel was guilty of "indiscriminate attacks ... starvation ... torture ... [and] apartheid" against Palestinians in a leaked "review".Andrew Rettman (EUobserver)
Latest comic on "solving" the problem of fascism by insulting the very people trying to fight it.
#comic #cartoon #humanrights #democracy
