agribusiness – Palm Oil Detectives

Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence

Indigenous leaders march at Cop26 in Glasgow. Land displacement often affects indigenous people who are key to protecting biodiversity. Photograph: Murdo MacLeod/The Guardian

The rapid expansion of oil palm plantations across #SouthAmerica is causing significant environmental, economic and social problems. This growth is leading to #deforestation, #landgrabbing displacement of #indigenous and farming communities, and increased militarised and police #violence, particularly affecting Indigenous and Afro-descendant populations. Despite the global demand for #palmoil, the consequences of its production on peasant communities in South and Central America are raising serious questions about its viability and #humanrights rigour.

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