Palm Oil and Extreme Violence in Honduras: The Inexorable
Palm oil production relies on cheap labor and large expanses of land to turn a profit. In order to be economically viable, nearly 10,000 acres of land are required to feed a single palm oil mill. But the economy of scale that palm oil demands to reap a profit is generally true across commodities – while palm oil is the particular villain in
palm oil and Honduras in Central America. Palm oil: More Business with Spain. Thursday, December 6, 2024. During the first six months of the year, palm oil sales from Central America reached $383 million, and exports to Spain increased 232% with respect to the first half of 2024.
‘It’s getting worse’: National parks in Honduras hit hard
Production of oil palm has risen by nearly 560 percent in Honduras over the past two decades, making the country the eighth-largest producer worldwide and number three in the Americas. By 2010
African Oil Palm was first introduced to Honduras in 1927 and by the 1970s there were 11,000 hectares planted throughout the northern part of the country.[1] Traditionally, Honduran palm oil has been produced for use in the food industry to make products such as margarine and cooking oil.
RTÉ Radio 1: Documentary on One - Palm Oil Republic
A major loan from the World Bank to one of the main palm oil producers in Honduras has been put on hold because of the conflict.palm oil production processes. Tim Desmond visits the Aguan
The palm oil magnates are growing ever more trees for use in biofuels and carbon trading.Honduras and the dirty war fuelled by the west's drive for clean energyfor escalating violence in
Honduras’ Killing Fields: Violence is spreading in this
They’ve focused on maintaining security and addressing violence with force.Bajo Aguán is the rural center for palm oil production and land rights battles.Reporting in Honduras was
Honduras currently produces more than 300,000 metric tons of palm oil, nearly 70 percent for export. The number of hectares has increased dramatically: 40, 000 ha in 90's and 80.000 ha in 2005, nowadays the number exceeds 120, 000 ha.
RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence
More than 100 organizations from five continents signed on to this open statement from Friends of the Earth International and the World Rainforest Movement, denouncing the failure of the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil to eliminate the violence and destruction that oil palm plantations cause in the territories where they are established.
Historical, environmental, labor and economic aspects converge in the expansion of oil palm plantations in Central America. The outsourcing of production, tax exemptions, support for free trade agreements, concentration of state subsidies, and “corporate responsibility” are common strategies that palm companies use.
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the palm oil exported from Honduras,37 and is seeking certification by the Rainforest Alliance and the Round-table on Sustainable Palm Oil.38 Such efforts suggest that the company is attempting to clean up its record and to establish a reputation as a respected international brand. But the facts remain: violence in the Aguan Valley is at
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Human Rights Violations in Honduras: Land Seizures
Miguel Facussé Barjum, one of the richest people in Honduras and the head of Dinant, was a strong supporter of the 2009 coup. Dinant Corporation is an important private entity in Honduras, as it is the largest palm oil producer in the country and owns one-fifth of all the agricultural land in Bajo Aguán. [17]
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Striking Honduras Palm Oil Workers Attacked, Threatened
Striking Honduras Palm Oil Workers Attacked, Threatened. December 15, 2024; Tula Connell; Several striking palm oil workers in Honduras were physically assaulted by private security guards and threatened with prison this week as they peacefully walked a picket line at company offices in El Progreso, according to the agro-industrial workers’ union federation FESTAGRO.
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The violent costs of the global palm oil boom | Food
And, mostly thanks to palm-oil production, Indonesia can boast some of the world’s highest levels of greenhouse-gas emissions. Yet it is violence — against local populations, farmers, and activists — that has human-rights groups closely watching the palm-oil industry. The reports are often sad echoes of one another…
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Blood money: World Bank found lacking in palm oil
Blood money: World Bank found lacking in palm oil investment review(€21.9m) corporate loan granted to the Honduras palm oil and food firm Corporación Dinant, after allegations of violence
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Sign the statement! RSPO: 14 years failing to eliminate
RSPO: 14 years of failure to eliminate violence and destruction from the industrial palm oil sector . During its 14 years of existence, RSPO – the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil – has failed to live up to its claim of “transforming” the industrial palm oil production sector into a so-called “sustainable” one.
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The Violent Costs of the Global Palm-Oil Boom | The New Yorker
The Violent Costs of the Global Palm-Oil Boom. By Jocelyn C. Zuckerman.And, mostly thanks to palm-oil production, Indonesia can boast some of the world’s highest levels of greenhouse-gas
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Oil palm plantations in the Bajo Agúan, Honduras | EJAtlas
Project details: Honduras currently produces more than 300,000 metric tons of palm oil, nearly 70 percent for export. The number of hectares has increased dramatically: 40, 000 ha in 90's and 80.000 ha in 2005, nowadays the number exceeds 120, 000 ha.
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Palm Oil Commodity Atlas Research Page with a Map
The Palm Oil Innovation Group (POIG) is a multi-stakeholder initiative that seeks to promote responsible palm oil production by building on the standards set by the RSPO. The POIG focuses on “environmental responsibility, partnerships with communities including workers’ rights, and corporate and product integrity.”
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Corporación Dinant S.A. de C.V. Honduras Case
Honduras, with a corporate loan to enable it to develop young palm oil plantations, increase production capacity in its snacks and edible oils divisions, expand and upgrade its distribution network, and build a biogas facility to generate electricity for own and third-party consumption.
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Alarming Developments in Latin American Palm Oil Industry
Gemma Tillack, a Agribusiness Campaign Director for Rainforest Action Network said, “Today, we have alerted the world’s biggest palm oil traders and processors to the human rights crisis unfolding in the palm oil industry in Guatemala and Honduras. Through their demand for cheap palm oil, these companies are driving the expansion of palm
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The Impacts of Oil Palm on Recent Deforestation
Driven by demand for these products, palm oil production nearly doubled between 2003 and 2013 and is projected to continue increasing [2, 3]. Palm oil is the most important tropical vegetable oil globally when measured in terms of both production and its importance to trade, accounting for one-third of vegetable oil production in 2009 [4, 5].
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NGOs Demand Palm Oil Industry Stop Abuses in Latin America
Environmental destruction, displacement, human rights violations, and murder linked to expanding palm oil production in Latin America has led a coalition of environmental and advocacy organizations to call on the world’s major palm oil traders Thursday to put an end to the industry’s grave violation of human rights.
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The Basics of Palm Oil at HonduPalma
Honduras is a minor, but growing player in the palm oil scene. Fortunately, most of Honduras' new palm oil plantations are replacing other crops, especially bananas, rather than virgin forest.
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