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Crime, Power and Impunity in Forests | Bulletin 253 – November / December 2020
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Development Finance as Agro-Colonialism: European Development Bank funding of Feronia-PHC oil palm plantations in the Democratic Republic of Congo
Posted on Feb 5, 2021
The report details abuses faced by communities affected by industrial oil palm plantations managed by the Congolese company Plantations et Huileries du Congo (PHC).
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Naming the crimes (and criminals) for what they are
Posted on Jan 15, 2021
The tactics and strategies employed to impose land control and extractive operations in the forests are many. Most of these tactics and strategies are criminal acts.
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Legal but corrupt
Posted on Jan 15, 2021
The boundary lines between the “legitimate” and the “criminal” have long been paper thin. Indeed, mainstream capitalist enterprise arguably only prospers because its particular forms of looting, theft, fraud and cheating have been blessed with the holy water of “legality”.
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Sexual Exploitation and Violence against Women at the Root of the Industrial Plantation Model
Posted on Jan 15, 2021
Patriarchal oppression is inseparable from the industrial plantation model, and it is at the base of how companies generate profits. Companies target women, including due to their fundamental role in community life.
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RSPO: outsourcing environmental regulation to oil palm businesses and industry
Posted on Jan 15, 2021
The RSPO certification scheme used the palm oil industry’s legitimacy crisis to strengthen the terrain to the industry’s own advantage by issuing certificates that supposedly guarantee sustainability standards.
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