Uphold Edo State government revocation order on Okomu oil palm company Plc by Environmental Rights Action (ERA) | 28 Jul 2017 Nigeria | land grabbing Support our petition as we internationalize our struggles against deforestation and corporate land grabs for large-scale oil palm plantation business. Support our petition as we internationalize our struggles against deforestation and corporate land grabs for large-scale oil palm plantation business.
Nigeria palm oil land grab exposes need for human rights treaty by Friends of the Earth | 8 Jul 2015 Nigeria | land grabbing | corporations "Wilmar’s new plantations in Nigeria follow the same business model that has caused vast forest destruction and human rights abuse in Southeast Asia," says Friends of the Earth. "Aggressive government support for large scale plantations... has extracted wealth into the pockets of foreign business owners, leaving as little as possible in tax revenue; and has left communities landless, hungry, indebted, and in conflict." "Wilmar’s new plantations in Nigeria follow the same business model that has caused vast forest destruction and human rights abuse in Southeast Asia," says Friends of the Earth. "Aggressive government support for large scale plantations... has extracted wealth into the pockets of foreign business owners, leaving as little as possible in tax revenue; and has left communities landless, hungry, indebted, and in conflict."