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Oil palm in Latin America: monoculture and violence

"It is a constant humiliation. I feel like an enslaved person, as my ancestors once were… Agropalma’s employees stand behind us all the time pointing guns at us while we try to pray for our deceased and clean their graves." ~ Raimundo Serrão, ARQVA Quilombola community leader, 2022, Global Witness

Oil palm expansion in Latin America is driving deforestation, land grabs and violence against communities. Learn about RSPO greenwashing

How banks and investors are bankrolling extinction and ecocide

Discover the financial giants fuelling ecocide and deforestation for palm oil, meat, mining and soy in this important report about financial corruption