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Book Review: 'Planet Palm' reveals a world map stained by red oil


Book Review: ‘Planet Palm’ reveals a world map stained by red oil
by Ashoka Mukpo on 31 May 2021
From the Niger Delta in the 1850s to modern-day Indonesia and Honduras, Planet Palm weaves a nuanced and gripping narrative out of the history of palm oil.
The book meticulously covers the colonial beginnings of the industrial palm oil trade and the fortunes made from its popularity in Europe and later, Asia.
As battles rage over the ecological and labor rights track record of the palm oil industry, Planet Palm is an excellent and readable overview of one of the biggest issues in environmentalism. ....

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farmlandgrab.org | Resistance against industrial oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa


Resistance against industrial oil palm plantations in West and Central Africa
 
For many decades, communities in West and Central Africa have been facing industrial oil palm plantations encroaching onto their community land. With the false promise of bringing ‘development’ and jobs, corporations, backed up by the support of the governments, have been granted millions of hectares of land under concessions for industrial oil palm plantations.
 
The results of this expansion have been disastrous for communities living in and around these industrial plantations and, in particular, for women.
 
In response, grassroots organisations and community leaders from across the region have been organizing, mobilizing, raising their voices, and networking among each other to stop this destructive and violent occupation of their land. At the heart of these struggles is the community desire to get their lands back.  Exchanges with community activists involved in sim ....

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