Liberia: Locals Seek Justice against Oil Palm Companies

Oct 21, 2019 | William Q. Harmon, Observer
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Representatives from communities embroiled in land disputes with oil palm plantations have visited the Netherlands to call on the Dutch banks facilitating these companies’ operations to take action. The two groups of indigenous people affected by oil palm companies in Liberia and Indonesia recently visited that European country to convey their grievances to ABN AMRO and Rabobank, both in the Netherlands, the financiers behind those companies.