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Civil society groups demand sustainable palm oil body reject Indonesian palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari’s membership
Providing AAL with RSPO membership undermines communities’ demands for justice and further undermines the RSPO, and such greenwashing fails to protect human rights, redress land conflicts, or preven…
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More than 100 Groups Urge Gov. Hochul to Sign the NY TREES Act
The ongoing destruction of the earth’s last great rainforests is as unforgivable as it is irreversible, and is inextricably tied to labor abuses, violence against human rights defenders, species ext…
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Cultivating Conflict
Cultivating Conflict details how land conflicts and a lack of accountability enables palm oil company AAL’s controversial operations.
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New Report Reveals Indonesian Palm Oil Giant’s Violations More Widespread Than Initially Documented
AAL’s environmental and governance violations include illegal palm oil cultivation inside Indonesia’s forest estate; ongoing intimidation and criminalization of environmental human rights defender…
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154 Signatories from 28 Countries Call On Gov. Hochul to Protect Their Homes and Land By Signing the TREES Act
The TREES Act will make sure New York government agencies don’t use taxpayer money on certain goods and products derived from tropical deforestation.
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Historic NY ‘TREES’ Act Passes Both Houses of NY Legislature, Heads to Governor’s Desk
The NY TREES Act would make New York the first U.S. state to prevent its public procurement from driving tropical deforestation, defending the planet from further climate catastrophe.
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Krueger, Zebrowski To Introduce Amended Tropical Deforestation Legislation
Global forests are the planet’s best defense against further climate catastrophe, and that makes the TREES Act reintroduction all the more critical.
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Friends of the Earth groups welcome Norges Bank’s exclusion of Jardine Matheson, Astra International over environmental and biodiversity impacts
Banks and investors should follow suit and suspend financing to AAL, Astra International, and Jardine Matheson until land that was taken without consent is returned to communities.
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Legislators, Advocates Respond to Gov. Hochul’s Veto of The New York Tropical Deforestation-Free Procurement Act
Vetoing this bill is a missed opportunity and a failure to take leadership on a critical issue that affects every New Yorker.
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Friends of the Earth groups denounce recent case of intimidation by Astra Agro Lestari, call for immediate de-escalation
Friends of the Earth groups strongly denounce the most recent instance of intimidation by Astra Agro Lestari (AAL) against community members who are calling for the return of their land taken by the c…