#industrie_palmiste

Palm oil firm that cleared Papuan forest after losing its permit is still at it
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Satellite monitoring shows continued deforestation within an oil palm concession in Indonesia’s Papua province, long after the local government ordered concession holder PT Permata Nusa Mandiri (PNM) to halt land-clearing activities.
The local government issued the order because PNM was among 137 palm oil firms whose permits were revoked by the environment ministry on Jan. 6.
The Namblong Indigenous community, whose ancestral lands overlap with the company’s concession, say they never wanted PNM in their area and have called on the government to take firm action to stop it from clearing more forest.

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Palm Oil Destroys Rainforests But World Not Buying Sustainable Crop
▻https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2021-palm-oil-deforestation-climate-change

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Seventeen climate summits ago, one of the world’s first sustainability efforts in global food production was set up to stop palm oil plantations from destroying the rainforest. Yet more than 80% of the market remains untouched by the effort because no one wants to pay for it.

merci @fil #plantations #industrie_palmiste

En RDC, la France a soutenu une entreprise d’huile de palme accusée de violences
▻https://disclose.ngo/fr/article/la-france-a-soutenu-une-entreprise-dhuile-de-palme

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Pendant huit ans, l’Agence française de développement (AFD) a investi 25 millions d’euros dans une plantation d’huile de palme accusée de meurtres et d’accaparement des terres en République démocratique du Congo. Lire l’article

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Women, land, plantations and oppression in Sierra Leone
▻https://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/30497-women-land-plantations-and-oppression-in-sierra-leone

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The long standing land-grabbing processes in #Sierra_Leone is a result of a colonial and imperial violent past. Arable and collective land previously cultivated for food is being made conveniently available to big business, often in long-term leases to produce export products such as palm oil.

The oil palm has been a traditional crop for many communities in Sierra Leone and across West Africa. Nonetheless, with the arrival of multinational oil palm company #Socfin, its production in Sierra Leone has turned into one of industrial monoculture with a trace of violence, patriarchy and oppression.

#femmes #industrie_palmiste #forêt #déforestation

A dangerous place for women. stories of Indigenous Women working in oil palm plantations in Papua
▻https://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/30500

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During the early planting activities of the company, workers still received some work tools by the company, but lately these are no longer provided to them. The disposable yellow gloves that are supposed to be used for fertilization activities should be changed every day, but there is no initiative from the company’s field staff to replace them. ’We are the one who have to ask them first’, said a woman.

Next to a wooden-made structure that serves as a resting place for the workers, there is a runnel which is usually used for washing hands and cleaning work tools. The runnel however was not very hygienic, and also possibly contaminated with chemical fertilizers. This might also gradually affect the health and safety of women workers.

Before starting to work in the oil palm plantation, Mama PM fulfilled her daily needs by selling vegetables and gathering Sagoo – a Papuan Indigenous staple food. ’We were free to work as we want, no boss, no rules, but the income we got were uncertain’. For her, working in the plantations allowed a monthly wage – something she did not get when relying on harvesting and gathering activities. But, to what extent is this true?

As a casual and temporary palm oil worker, Mama PM receives different wages depending on the number of days she worked in each month. Moreover, Rina, the administrative officer of the PT MJR nursery who is responsible to distribute the wages, is at the same time the owner of a small grocery stall with basic daily needs such as rice, sugar, coffee, tea, instant noodles and cigarettes. Each month, Rina cuts the wages according to the amount owed by the workers to her shop. If Mama PM works for a full month (25 days), then she will take home approximately two million rupiah (almost 140 dollars), from which she would still be deducted the monthly debt at Rina’s shop. Her monthly debt usually goes from 600 thousand to one million rupiah (around 42 to 70 dollars).

In addition to this, she still has a debt for the working tools, which need to be bought by workers in monthly instalments that are deducted from their salary. The company might sometimes provide a pair of rubber boots and masks - only if requested by the worker.

#papouasie #femmes #industrie_palmiste #forêt #déforestation

L’huile de palme indonésienne bientôt importée à moindre prix en Suisse ats/asch
▻https://www.rts.ch/info/economie/12426161-lhuile-de-palme-indonesienne-bientot-importee-a-moindre-prix-en-suisse.

L’huile de palme indonésienne durable pourra bientôt être importée à taux préférentiel. L’ordonnance correspondante entrera en vigueur en même temps que l’accord de libre-échange avec Jakarta, soit dans quelques mois probablement, a décidé mercredi le Conseil fédéral
Dans le cadre de cet accord accepté en mars par le peuple, la Suisse accorde à l’Indonésie des concessions limitées sur l’huile de palme. Elles consistent principalement en des contingents d’huile de palme brute, de stéarine de palme et d’huile de palmiste.

Le volume total de 10’000 tonnes passera progressivement à 12’500 tonnes au terme de cinq ans. Les droits de douane seront réduits d’environ 20 à 40%.

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Ces concessions sont assorties d’une série de conditions inscrites. Pour bénéficier des taux préférentiels, les importateurs devront apporter la preuve qu’ils respectent des objectifs de durabilité. La preuve de durabilité doit être apportée au moyen d’un certificat de traçabilité.

Systèmes de certification
Quatre systèmes de certification sont admis pour fournir cette preuve. Ils font l’objet de contrôles par des organisations indépendantes. Un importateur certifié par l’un de ces systèmes pourra déposer une demande d’approbation auprès du Secrétariat d’Etat à l’économie (SECO).

Le SECO pourra assortir son approbation de charges. L’approbation n’est valable que le temps de la validité du certificat. L’importateur devra indiquer dans la déclaration de douane le numéro de preuve de l’approbation. Des contrôles ultérieurs seront possibles pendant une période de cinq ans.

Sanctions possibles
Pour assurer cette traçabilité de l’huile de palme produite de manière durable, celle-ci ne pourra pas être transportée dans de grandes citernes, mais seulement dans des récipients de 22 tonnes au maximum.

Si une irrégularité est constatée lors d’un des contrôles, l’importateur peut se voir exiger la restitution de la différence des droits. De plus, des sanctions sont prévues selon le régime de la loi sur les douanes.

#hypocrisie #suisse #huile_de_palme #industrie_palmiste #terres #déforestation #forêt #indonésie #agriculture #du_râble_de_lapin #climat #agrobusiness #alimentation #certification #libre-échange #traçabilité

State pension money invested in ‘questionable’ Congo palm oil company
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The South African Government Employees Pension Fund (GEPF) is invested in a Congolese palm oil business linked to past human rights abuses and land expropriation.

The Public Investment Corporation (PIC) has confirmed that pension funds are being indirectly invested in Plantations et Huileries du Congo (#PHC). The funds are ploughed in via a US investment company, Kuramo Capital Management, PHC’s majority stakeholder. PHC’s previous owners include British multinational consumer goods company Unilever and Canadian company Feronia. Kuramo acquired a majority stake in PHC late last year.

PHC’s alleged human rights abuses are detailed in a report released last month by US think-tank the Oakland Institute. In a press release published two weeks ago, the institute drew attention to the report’s broad findings and themes, which include a list of key investors in the PHC’s DRC business.

#industrie_palmiste #fonds_de_pension #Congo

Déjà vu as palm oil industry brings deforestation, pollution to Amazon
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2021/03/deja-vu-as-palm-oil-industry-brings-deforestation-pollution-to-amazon

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Palm oil, a crop synonymous with deforestation and community conflicts in Southeast Asia, is making inroads in the Brazilian Amazon, where the same issues are playing out.
Indigenous and traditional communities say the plantations in their midst are polluting their water, poisoning their soil, and driving away fish and game.
Scientists have found high levels of agrochemical residues in these communities — though still within Brazil’s legal limits — while prosecutors are pursuing legal cases against the companies for allegedly violating Indigenous and traditional communities’ rights and damaging the environment.
Studies based on satellite imagery also disprove the companies’ claims that they only plant on already deforested land.

#Brésil #déforestation #forêt #plantation #industrie_palmiste #eau #pollution

Papua deforestation highlights eastward shift of Indonesia forest clearing
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Deforestation is increasing in forest-rich regions in Indonesia, even as the government claims the national average has gone down, a new report shows.
The NGOs behind the report attribute the decline in the national deforestation rate to the fact that there’s virtually no forest left to clear in parts of Sumatra and Borneo.
Instead, deforestation has moved east, largely to the Papua region, home to nearly two-fifths of Indonesia’s remaining rainforest — an area the size of Florida — where companies are clearing land for oil palm and pulpwood plantations and mines.
Another key driver of the deforestation in Papua is infrastructure development, which the government claims is meant to connect remote villages and communities, but which really serve mines, plantations and logging concessions, the report shows.

#Indonésie #Papouasie #forêt #déforestation #industrie_palmiste #industrie_papetière #plantations #extraction

Papua tribe moves to block clearing of its ancestral forest for palm oil
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2021/01/papua-tribe-moves-to-block-clearing-of-its-ancestral-forest-for-palm-

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Members of the Auyu tribe of Papua, Indonesia, are demanding a halt to the operations of palm oil company PT Indo Asiana Lestari (IAL), which appears to be gearing up to clear their ancestral forests.
They say that the company failed to obtain the community’s consent for the project, and that it’s not clear whether it even has the requisite permits to begin operations.
IAL’s concession is part of the Tanah Merah megaproject that is already dogged by allegations that key operating permits have been falsified.
The Papua region is home to the world’s third-largest contiguous swath of tropical rainforest, after the Amazon and the Congo Basin, but large areas may be cleared for plantations.

#Papouasie #industrie_palmiste #terres #forêt #déforestation #contestation

Rape, abuses in palm oil fields linked to top beauty brands
▻https://apnews.com/article/palm-oil-abuse-investigation-cosmetics-2a209d60c42bf0e8fcc6f8ea6daa11c7

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Edo gives 40,000 hectares to firms for oil palm – Punch Newspapers
▻https://punchng.com/edo-gives-40000-hectares-to-firms-for-oil-palm

The Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki, has approved the allocation of over 40,000 hectares of land to six firms for oil palm cultivation.

#industrie_palmiste #Nigeria

Vague d’arrestations d’opposants à l’huile de palme à Bornéo - Sauvons la Forêt
▻https://www.sauvonslaforet.org/actualites/9832/vague-darrestations-dopposants-a-lhuile-de-palme-a-borneo?mtu=500780

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Effendi Buhing, un chef traditionnel du peuple #Dayak_Tomun, a été arrêté par la police le 26 août 2020 à #Bornéo. Au total, six #Autochtones qui résistent à l’#accaparement de leurs #terres et aux #déboisements dans la #forêt de #Kinipan ont été interpelés au cours des derniers jours.

« Nous nous défendons contre l’huile de palme » déclarait le chef traditionnel Effendi Buhing dans le cadre des recherches pour notre pétition pour aider les Dayak. « La forêt de Kinipan est notre vie. Nous nous sommes plaints par écrit, avons emprunté la voie judiciaire et manifesté pacifiquement. Malgré tout, un producteur d’#huile_de_palme détruit notre forêt. »

#industrie_palmiste

Accaparement des terres : le Gabon, dans le top 10 mondial des pays dépossédés | Gabonreview.com | Actualité du Gabon |
▻https://www.gabonreview.com/accaparement-des-terres-le-gabon-dans-le-top-10-mondial-des-pays-deposs

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Tout récemment paru, ‘’L’Atlas des Afriques’’, réalisé le journal Le Monde Afrique et l’hebdomadaire La Vie, classe le #Gabon dans le top 10 des « pays dépossédés peu à peu de leurs #terres », avec plus d’un million d’hectares vendus ou loués.

#hévéa #industrie_palmiste

Another terror attack on local communities by Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc
▻https://www.farmlandgrab.org/post/view/29694

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Report by Chief Ajele Sunday, Fiyewei (Spokesman) of Okomu Kingdom

The case of Okomu Kingdom playing host to Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc has brought in its wake a myriad of problems; environmental despoliation, obnoxious act against the indigent population, excruciating poverty, unemployment, human rights violation, forceful eviction and imminent extermination of Okomu Kingdom and her people. The government of Edo State share joint responsibilities for these negative situation. Since they negotiated a contract that was faulty from the beginning and cannot be implemented without violating the rights of the Community people. Hence the company often boasts that it has a certificate of occupancy, therefore it can go on and on to destroy without any liability.

Giving this background, this report aims to make public the dire situation the people of Okomu Kingdom are facing in the hand of Okomu Oil Palm Plantation Plc (OOPC).

Just recently on the 20th of May 2020 another village Ijaw-Gbene in Okomu Kingdom was burnt down by the management of OOPC, lead by Mr Kingsley Adeyemi a security attached to OOPC.

#industrie_palmiste #Nigeria #terres

50,000-hectare palm oil plantation to be developed in Caraga region » Manila Bulletin News
▻https://news.mb.com.ph/2020/01/08/50000-hectare-palm-oil-plantation-to-be-developed-in-caraga-region

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An oil firm is plan­ning to develop an initial 50,000-hectare palm oil plantation in Northeastern Min­danao or the Caraga region this year.

According to Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) Regional Director Bri­elgo O. Pagaran, the Eastern Petroleum Group of Companies (EPGC) is targeting areas in the region, particularly in the Agusan provinces, where good and suit­able terrain would be good for planting palm trees.

#Philippines #agrocarburant #industrie_palmiste #plantations

Revealed: Government officials say permits for mega-plantation in Papua were falsified An area nearly the size of Paris has already been cleared on the basis of the allegedly fraudulent permits, cutting a hole in a vast stretch of rainforest on the island of New Guinea. %
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2019/12/revealed-government-officials-say-permits-for-mega-plantation-in-papua-were-falsified/?n3wsletter

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An area nearly the size of Paris has already been cleared on the basis of the allegedly fraudulent permits, cutting a hole in a vast stretch of rainforest on the island of New Guinea.

#forêt #déforestation #Papouasie #industrie_palmiste #falsification

The eroding life for the Batek of Kuala Koh, Malaysia’s last hunter-gatherers - The Washington Post
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For decades, the Batek of Kuala Koh had seen their territory and lifestyles encroached upon. Then, in May, the high fevers set in. “Their throats swelled and then they couldn’t swallow or eat,” recalled headman Mahmet Pokok. In rapid succession, one after another, they began to fall ill.

“Soon people couldn’t breathe,” Pokok continued. “They shriveled and their bodies turned black.” Then some began to die.

#Malaisie #extraction_minière #industrie_palmiste #plantation #peuples_autochtones

Researchers urge sustainability as palm oil tightens its grip on Latin America
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/researchers-urge-sustainability-as-palm-oil-tightens-its-grip-on-lati

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Four Latin American countries already fill out the list of the world’s top 10 palm oil producers, with Colombia coming in at number four, and Ecuador, Brazil and Honduras placing seventh, ninth and tenth, respectively. According to the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Colombia dedicates 290,600 hectares (718,100 acres) to large-scale oil palm plantations, Ecuador 24,503 hectares (60,550 acres), Brazil 114,188 hectares (282,160 acres) and Honduras 64,084 (158,360 acres).

#Amerique_du_sud #forêt #déforestation #industrie_palmiste

Myanmar risks losing forests to oil palm, but there’s time to pivot
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/myanmar-risks-losing-forests-to-oil-palm-but-theres-time-to-pivot/?n3wsletter

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To examine the actual extent of planted and unplanted areas accurately, the researchers used Google Earth Engine to obtain image collections over several months. They then used thousands of reference data points to calculate the oil palm area and other land cover through Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellite data for 2018 and 2019. They later refined the images for high accuracy using software and algorithms to create cloud-free image composites.

With this data, the researchers found discrepancies between the actual oil palm plantations and what the plantation companies have reported to the government when they investigated the concessions and boundaries in the Tanintharyi region. Moreover, unplanted areas within oil palm concessions in Myanmar were not always clear.

#Birmanie #plantations #industrie_palmiste

Palm owner charged with ordering murder of two journalists in Indonesia
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/palm-owner-charged-with-ordering-murder-of-two-journalists-in-indones

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Five people, including the alleged owner of an oil palm plantation in Sumatra where two journalists were found dead, have been charged with their murder.
The alleged assailants are accused to being paid $3,000 from the company to kill Maraden Sianipar, 55, and Martua Siregar, 42, apparently in retaliation for their advocacy on behalf of locals engaged in a land dispute with the company.
The murders on Oct. 29 occurred in the same month that environmental activist Golfrid Siregar was found dead, also in North Sumatra, in suspicious circumstances. At the time he was challenging the police’s failure to pursue a forgery complaint in connection with a permit for a power plant in an orangutan habitat.
The recent deaths of journalists and activists defending environmental protection have raised concerns among many observers over the state of activism and press freedom in Indonesia.

#industrie_palmiste #indonésie #meurtres #assassinats #journalisme #écolo

Colombian town faces earthquakes, pollution, water shortage as industry expands
▻https://news.mongabay.com/2019/11/colombian-town-faces-earthquakes-pollution-water-shortage-as-industry

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Residents of the town of Puerto Gaitán say their water sources are being used for the cultivation of oil palm plantations and the extraction of crude oil.
Studies have found water quality near the town qualifies as “poor” and water reserves have dropped off for many areas, forcing residents to import water from elsewhere.
Locals say seismic tremors induced for oil extraction have damaged houses and soil.
Researchers say wildlife populations have been harmed by agricultural chemicals used for palm oil production and habitat loss caused by expanding plantations.

This article is a collaboration between Rutas del Conflicto and Mongabay Latam.

#Colombie #industrie_palmiste #industrie_pétrolière #eau #pollutions

Indonesian journalists critical of illegal palm plantation found dead
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Indonesian journalists Maraden Sianipar and Martua Siregar were found dead with stab and cut wounds at an illegal oil palm plantation in Sumatra that they had reported on critically.
Police have vowed a full investigation, but it’s not clear whether the deaths were linked to the journalists’ work or a long-running dispute with the local community.
The victims were reportedly part of a community group that had been trying to gain control of the palm crop at the plantation after authorities ruled the company behind it, PT Sei Alih Berombang (SAB), had illegally cleared forested land.
The deaths of Maraden and Martua occurred in the same month that environmental activist Golfrid Siregar died of severe head injuries that police say resulted from a drunken-driving crash but that his associates have linked to foul play.

#Indonésie #industrie_palmiste #assassinats

The Papua Atlas: New tool tracks development on remote island, as-it-happens - CIFOR Forests News
▻https://forestsnews.cifor.org/62074/the-papua-atlas-new-tool-tracks-development-on-remote-island-as-i

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#Papouasie #déforestation #forêt #industrie_palmiste

Les objectifs climatiques de l’aviation menacent… trois millions d’hectares de forêts tropicales - Le Parisien
http://www.leparisien.fr/environnement/les-objectifs-climatiques-de-l-aviation-menacent-trois-millions-d-hectare

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Le rapport estime que d’ici 2030, la demande d’huile de palme serait de 35 millions de tonnes supplémentaire, de 3,5 millions de tonnes de sous-produits de l’huile de palme mais aussi de 35 millions d’huile de soja. Aujourd’hui, la production annuelle mondiale d’huile de palme avoisine les 70 millions de tonnes. Ce scénario aurait pour conséquence la destruction de l’équivalent de la superficie de la Belgique de forêts tropicales…

« L’industrie aéronautique risque de devenir une menace majeure pour les forêts tropicales humides du monde. Bien que l’utilisation proposée par l’OACI de carburants d’aviation de remplacement vise à réduire les émissions, elle risque en réalité de provoquer des émissions massives résultant de la destruction des forêts tropicales et des tourbières, ainsi que de la perte de biodiversité et des violations des droits des peuples tributaires de la forêt », a expliqué Nils Hermann Ranum de Rainforest Foundation Norway. Il demande à l’industrie aéronautique de proposer de nouvelles solutions technologiques plus durables et aux politiques d’en prendre conscience.

#aéronautique #transports #agrocarburant #industrie_palmiste #terres #ges #forêt #déforestation merci @cdb_77