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A tangle of conflicts: the dirty business of palm oil

The corpse of a man lies on the floor. His head is not visible. Handcuffs are attached to one wrist and his feet are bound. Fatal protest: a village chief beaten to death by plantation security thugs (© Feri Irawan)

May 3, 2014

Der Spiegel, Germany’s leading weekly news magazine, reported the story behind our Murder and Mayhem for EU Biofuels campaign on its international website. Read the article in English here.

The Spiegel article in English.

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Destruction of the rainforest

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Palm oil – deforestation for everyday products

Palm oil is literally everywhere – in our foods, cosmetics, cleaning products and fuels. How could it come to this? What can we do to protect people and nature?

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