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Indigenous activists demand justice after 5 shot in Amazonian 'palm oil war'

Between Aug. 4 and Aug. 7, security guards for a palm oil company allegedly shot and wounded five Tembé Indigenous people, in the latest flareup linked to a long-running land dispute. The incidents occurred in a part of the Amazonian state of Pará that’s been dubbed the “palm oil war” region, where Mongabay has over the past year documented the escalating tensions.

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In Brazil, a heavily fined firm is also accused of waging a 'palm oil war' on communities

Along a northeastern stretch of the Brazilian Amazon, a palm oil war has broken out. Escalating violence triggered by land disputes between palm oil companies, on one side, and Indigenous and traditional communities on the other has intensified in recent months in this region that accounts for most of the country’s palm oil production […]

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They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations

They Call Themselves Green, But Palm Oil in the Amazon Means Deforestation and Human Rights Violations 0 views Shares Guided by an Indigenous leader, we drove down dusty roads in the Turé-Mariquita Indigenous Reserve, a “green island” encircled by oil palm plantations in the Brazilian Amazon. Uniform rows of oil palms cover huge swaths of land here in the northeast of the state of Pará, once home to a vibrant expanse of rainforest. Our Mongabay reporting team was there to discover if the palm oil business, worth hundreds of millions of dollars, is sustainable and ecologically responsible, as industry representatives told us.

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Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon

Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon Producers say their supply chains are green and sustainable, but prosecutors cite a long record of land grabbing, deforestation, pollution, and human rights violations by Karla Mendes on 12 March 2021 Palm oil, a crop synonymous with deforestation and community conflicts in Southeast Asia, is making inroads in the Brazilian Amazon, where the same issues are playing out. Indigenous and traditional communities say the plantations in their midst are polluting their water, poisoning their soil, and driving away fish and game. Scientists have found high levels of agrochemical residues in these communities though still within Brazil’s legal limits while prosecutors are pursuing legal cases against the companies for allegedly violating Indigenous and traditional communities’ rights and damaging the environment.

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