Broken Promises: Communities on Philippine island take on palm oil companies

The Ecologist
Jan 6, 2016, 6:43 am39 pts
Locals on the island of Palawan are being tricked into leasing land to palm oil companies and never being paid, writes Rod Harbinson. Encouraged by government, two large palm oil companies are exploiting locals into 25 years of debt in order to pay for their palm oil production, not paying them a penny and…

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