As seen on Forest Peoples Programme
A formal letter of complaint has been filed with the Round Table on Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO) by the Green Advocates” Liberia” on behalf of indigenous Butaw Kru tribes and inhabitants from several local communities within the proposed Golden Veroleum 220″000 ha oil palm concession in Liberia. (The following resources have been compiled by RRI Partner Forest Peoples Programme (FPP).
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- Summary of Evidence to Support RSPO Complaint by Liberian Communities Affected by Land Clearance and Planting by Golden Veroleum by John Nelson” Africa Regional Coordinator” Forest Peoples Programme
- Supplementary Testimonial Evidence to Support the RSPO Complaint by Liberian Communities Affected by Land Clearance and Planting by Golden Veroleum by Tom Lomax” Lawyer” Forest Peoples Programme
- Letter from FPP and FERN requesting release of community members arrested in Golden Veroleum palm oil development areas. This is a letter from FPP and FERN requesting the immediate release of community members from Sinoe County in Liberia who have been put in jail for resisting against the confiscation of their lands by Golden Veroleum for their palm oil development” which expresses grave concerns over the reports of serious harassment” threats and oppressive intimidation on the part of police and other State agents” including arbitrary arrest and detention of local community leaders from Butaw community in Sinoe County” Republic of Liberia.