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1. “Green washed” palm increases threats to food sovereignty and human rights

   12/01/2011 - 12:36

   palm plantations. Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Cameroon, Uganda, Côte d’Ivoire, Cambodia, (...)

2. Oil palm grows by the force of violence

   12/01/2011 - 12:56

   that some of the new plantations being developed have been financed as farming projects for the same ... to the new plantations developed since the beginning of the decade. In previous processes ... for Economic and Social Policy (CONPES) announced new policies increasing Government support to the expansion (...)

3. Canadian Corporation Mining Misery in Colombia

   10/19/2011 - 10:42

   on what evidence, we don’t know.”   In 2001, Colombia enacted the new Mining Code, but failed to consult ... is Colombia Goldfields’ mining project.   Despite the widespread opposition, there are already new buildings ...   “We don’t want what they are offering us,” says one miner. “We don’t want a nice big school or a new (...)

4. Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA)

   02/09/2012 - 13:29

   Español The Initiative for the Integration of Regional Infrastructure in South America (IIRSA) is a bold effort by the governments of South America to construct a new infrastructure network ... of IIRSA, illegal logging along new roads and waterways will also impact extensive areas of the Amazon, (...)