Palm oil company in Ecuador operates illegally on ancestral land, community says

Mongabay
Jun 19, 2023, 4:20 pm128 ptsTrending
An afro-descendent community in northern Ecuador is fighting to retake its land from a palm oil company that has allegedly used questionable permits and expensive lawsuits to maintain a hold on the area. The community of Barranquilla de San Javier, located near the northern border with Colombia, is trying to…

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