Palm Oil War

Mongabay
Sep 16, 2025, 5:38 pm223 ptsTop
In Pará, Brazil’s top palm oil-producing state, Indigenous and traditional communities face mounting threats as companies expand into contested lands. Between 2021 and 2023, Mongabay’s Karla Mendes reported from the region, where the expansion of oil palm plantations has triggered pollution, deforestation…

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