EU tour: spreading the word

The EU tour organised by Forest Peoples Programme with others generated a high level of media about the palm oil situation in various countries.

Explore the below links to find out more:

1. Agencia EFE (Spain): Líderes indígenas piden a la UE que refuerce sus leyes sobre aceite de palma

a. Selected online pick-up:

W Radio (Colombia)

Yahoo Finance (USA)

Yucatan.com (Mexico) 

2. Agence France Presse: Huile de palme: appel au boycott d'entreprises par des communautés villageoises

3. Agence France Presse--English: Palm oil protest urges boycott at London Stock Exchange

a. Selected online pick-up:

Global Post (USA)

Yahoo News (USA)

4. Agence France Presse--Spanish: Indígenas piden a Europa luchar contra las malas empresas de aceite de palma

a. Selected online pick-up:

Noticias RCN (Colombia)

5. Aidesep (Peru): Londres: AIDESEP pide a la BVL que suspenda cotización de acciones de la empresa deforestadora United Cacao

6. Bisnis.com (Indonesia): Kunjungi Eropa, Empat Komunitas Adat Desak Setop Pelanggaran HAM Terkait Minyak Sawit

7. Convoca (Peru): Las Reglas Incumplidas En Londres Y Los Negocios Offshore De Dennis Melka

8. Deutsche Welle (Germany): Living Planet: Liberia's palm oil problems (Broadcast interview)

9. Diario Uno (Peru): Piden que United Cacao salga de bolsa de valores

10. Getty’s Images: ‘Best of News’

11. La Mula (Peru): Organizaciones indígenas y sociedad civil piden que Bolsa de Valores de Londres expulse a empresas de Melka

12. La Republica (Peru): Grupos indígenas denuncian deforestación ilegal de bosques amazónicos

13. La Revista (Mexico): Indígenas piden a Europa luchar contra las malas empresas de aceite de palma

14. Liberian Observer: Liberia, 3 Others Oppose Human Rights Violation In ‘Conflict Palm Oil Trade’

15. Mongabay (USA): Indigenous and forest community leaders tour the EU to call for conflict-free palm oil

16. Mongabay (USA): RSPO orders Peruvian palm oil plantation to stop development

17. Prensa Latina (Cuba): Actividad de transnacionales en Amazonía peruana genera preocupación

18. Radio Macondo (Colombia): Líderes indígenas colombianos y del mundo denuncian los daños ambientales y sociales de la agroindustria palmera

19. Vice Versa (Netherlands): Ontwikkeling hoort niet te verwoesten

20. Reuters (UK): Land rights at root of palm oil conflict in Liberia, campaigners say

21. Servindi (Peru): Piden que se elimine a empresa de Dennis Melka de la Bolsa de Londres

22. Quartz (USA): Indigenous leaders from three continents are touring Europe begging people to boycott palm oil

23. CNN (USA): The vegetable oil that fuels a $50 billion business

24. BBC World Service, ‘Focus on Africa’: “What Price Palm Oil?” radio interview with Ali Kaba: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03t2nrr

25. BBC World News Business Live, TV interview with Ali Kaba: https://www.facebook.com/forestpeoplesprogramme/videos/1138834856180468/

26. All-Party Parliamentary Human Rights Group (PHRG): 3/5/16: Meeting with an international delegation to discuss the palm oil industry

a. Selected social media publicity

@HumanRightsAPPG

@HumanRightsAPPG (2)

27. Guardian (UK): Will London Stock Exchange bar firm over Amazon deforestation?

28. BBC World Service - Business Daily: The price of palm oil 

29. Global News Network Liberia (Liberia) : Human Rights Violations and Land Grabbing Linked to Global Palm Oil Supply Chains

30. All Africa: Africa: Palm Oil Shows Need for Socially Aware Research 

31. GNN Liberia: Activists from Indonesia, Liberia, Colombia and Peru to EU tells of palm horror

32. Press release pick-up:

a. Business Wire

b. Global Research

c. Justicia y Paz Colombia

d. Indigenous Voices in Asia

e. Amazon Watch

f. Yahoo News