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Financial Speculation Drives Massive Land Grabbing, Deforestation in Brazil’s Cerrado
New report shows international financial corporations fuel environmental destruction and displacement of traditional agrarian communities in world’s most biodiverse savannah.
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Civil society organizations urge palm oil body to maintain moratorium on Golden Veroleum Liberia to protect invaluable forests and communities
71 civil society organizations sent a public letter to the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) ahead of its annual meeting.
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Statement in response to veto of NY TREES Act
Governor Hochul’s veto of the TREES Act is an unfortunate delay to the urgent need for state-level climate action.
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On Global Human Rights Day, Friends of the Earth groups welcome United Nations scrutiny over palm oil industry and Astra Agro Lestari’s human rights abuses
Friends of the Earth groups welcome newly-public UN letters raising concerns over palm oil giant Astra Agro Lestari (AAL)’s widespread human rights abuses, land grabbing and environmental degradation.
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Friends of the Earth files OECD Complaint against BlackRock for Investments in Agribusiness Companies Causing Environmental, Human Rights Violations
Friends of the Earth U.S. and the Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB) submitted an OECD complaint against BlackRock for directly contributing to environmental and human rights abuses a…
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Friends of the Earth groups condemn new reports of violence and threats against communities by Astra Agro Lestari and Indonesian military police force
Recent incidents continue a pattern of intimidation against community leaders and Human Rights Defenders opposed to AAL’s controversial palm oil operations in Indonesia.
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Major Banks Fueling Biodiversity Collapse by $395 Billion Since the Paris Agreement; Governments Failing to Reign in Banks
As the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP16 approaches, new research released by the Forests and Finance Coalition reveals that the world’s major banks have funneled over US $395 billion i…
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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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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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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.