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Lima 9 de mayo. Se realizó la audiencia de apelación en la 3ra Sala Constitucional de Lima en el marco de la demanda de amparo contra Ocho Sur P. S.A.C por operar sin autorizaciones forestales y ambientales.

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP) strongly rejects the defamatory and false information that has been spread by the palm oil company Ocho Sur and subsequently by the Peruvian media about our organisation and our Peruvian partner organisation, the Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL).

Desde Forest Peoples Programme (FPP), rechazamos enérgicamente la información difamatoria y falsa que ha sido difundida por la empresa de aceite de palma Ocho Sur y posteriormente por los medios de comunicación peruanos sobre nuestra organización y nuestra organización socia peruana, el Instituto de Defensa Legal (IDL).

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English Read the report here in English

Indonesia adalah produsen minyak sawit terbesar di dunia, dan luas perkebunan kelapa sawit di seluruh negeri mencapai lebih dari 16 juta hektar1. Dari jumlah tersebut, sekitar 8-10 juta hektar ditanami oleh perkebunan kelapa sawit swasta.

A coalition of Indonesian Civil Society Organisations have submitted further allegations against Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) member First Resources Ltd., accusing the company of violating the RSPO Group Membership Rules for failing to disclose all of its related entities under the group’s common control.

This article was first published in Spanish by Servindi.org.

Este artículo se publicó por primera vez en Servindi.org

This report summarises why social audits fail to uphold certification standards and offers possible solutions to re-build confidence in the audit system.

In response to the growing concerns over the failure of certification schemes to uphold their own standards, FPP has just published a new report which emphasizes the urgent need to overhaul current audit processes and provides practical solutions on how to accomplish this.

We, who are speaking today in Jakarta are the people of indigenous and local communities from Riau, West Sumatra, West Kalimantan, and Central Kalimantan that currently standing as the victim of the palm oil plantation companies.

In October 2023, the Corporate Provincial Criminal Prosecutor's Office of Campo Verde issued a formal accusation against the company Ocho Sur P S.A.C. for the commission of the crime of aggravated usurpation to the detriment of the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, case number 00102-2022-90-2406-JR-PE-01.

En octubre del 2023, la Fiscalía Provincial Penal Corporativa de Campo Verde dictó una acusación formal contra la empresa Ocho Sur P S.A.C.

Deforestation, invasions and aggressive oil palm expansion threaten an Indigenous community. The ancestral territory of the Indigenous community of Santa Clara de Uchunya indigenous in Ucayali has experienced more than 25,000 hectares of forest destr

Más de 25.000 hectáreas de devastación forestal registra actualmente el territorio ancestral de la comunidad indígena Santa Clara de Uchunya, en Ucayali

At a press conference held by the Indigenous movement of the Shipibo-Konibo people, several testimonies were presented about the struggle of Indigenous communities in Ucayali against the abuses of the company Ocho Sur and its campaign to

En una conferencia de prensa llevada a cabo por el movimiento indígena del pueblo shipibo-konibo, se presentaron varios testimonios acerca de la lucha de las comunidades indígenas en Ucayali en contra del abuso de la empresa Ocho Sur y s

Leading Amazonian Indigenous Peoples organisations AIDESEP, ORAU, FECONAU, together with the community of Santa Clara de Uchunya, issued the following open letter in response to public remarks made on social media by the United States of America Ambassador to Peru, Lisa Kenna, following her visit to oil palm plantations operated by the Ocho Sur group on 29 March 2023.

Read the submission in English (+ annexes) and