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...
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