By: Severianus Endi

Date: August 2nd 2016

Source: The Jakarta Post

Hundreds of residents from several hamlets in West Kalimantan have fled their homes to avoid arrest over their alleged involvement in a conflict with an oil palm company operating plantations in the area.

By: Evelyn Lirri

Date: June 19th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

BUGALA ISLAND, Uganda (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Mariam Nakakeeto listened quietly to the grievances of fellow farmers gathered outside the grounds of a local church on Bugala Island, by the shores of Lake Victoria.

Authors: John F. McCarthy and Rob Cramb
Date: June 6th, 2016
Source: Southeast Asia Globe
 

By: Adam Vaughan

Date: May 9th 2016

Source: The Guardian

Malaysian palm giant, IOI, lost business after it was suspended from the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil’s certification scheme over deforestation allegations in Indonesia

By: Matthew Ponsford

Date: May 6th 2016

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The lack of tenure over ancestral lands lies at the root of violent clashes on land leased to foreign palm oil producers in Liberia, a leading researcher said.

By: Apoorva Joshi

Date: May 5th 2016

Source: Mongabay.com

Meanwhile, dozens of NGOs urge removal of its parent company, United Cacao, from the London Stock Exchange amid legality issues.

• Plantaciones de Pucallpa is one of several industrial agriculture companies operating in Peru. It has been developing a palm oil plantation over the last several years.

By: Mike Gaworecki

Date: May 4th 2016

Source: Mongabay

An international delegation of leaders from indigenous and forest communities in Colombia, Indonesia, Liberia, and Peru are in London today to call for action on human rights violations and land grabbing linked to the global trade in palm oil.

By Bernadette Christina Munthe

Source: Reuters

JAKARTA, April 14 (Reuters) - Indonesia, the world's top producer of palm oil, will issue a moratorium on new palm oil concessions, President Joko Widodo said on Thursday, part of the country's efforts to reduce the sector's impact on the environment.

By: John C. Cannon

Date: March 30th 2016

Source: Mongabay

Palm oil production is intensifying in Cameroon, leaving many worried about the country’s forests — and the wildlife and communities that depend on them.

• Industrial palm oil production is spreading out from Southeast Asia, with several African countries experiencing plantation booms in recent years.

By: Karl Mathiesen

Date: April 2nd 2016

Source: The Guardian

Collusion between private sector and government exacerbating problems, says corruption official

By: Philip Jacobson

Date: March 5th 2016

Source: Mongabay

Strict action from the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil.

The green image of one of Malaysia’s largest conglomerates suffered a major blow on Friday with its suspension from the world’s largest association for ethical palm oil production, the RSPO.

By: George Omondi
Date: February 25th 2016
Source: AllAfrica.com / The Monitor

Nairobi — Edible oil manufacturer Bidco has dismissed compensation claims raised by Kalangala farmers' lobby saying its involvement in Uganda's palm oil development project does not include land transaction.

In a letter addressed to banks, lawyers and international organisations, Bidco's cheif executive Vimal Shah said the land on which its plantation stands was properly acquired by the Ugandan government.