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Series: Global Palm Oil Peruvian Melka group palm oil production company withdraws from RSPO. by Milton López Tarabochia 22 November 2016 . The directors of palm oil producer Plantaciones de Pucallpa SAC decided to … Can Nestlé source Peruvian palm oil without deforestation The company is part of a specialised commodity processing group called Grupo…
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Peruvian Melka group palm oil production company withdraws from RSPO. by Milton López Tarabochia 22 November 2016 . The directors of palm oil producer Plantaciones de Pucallpa SAC decided to ...
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Can Nestlé source Peruvian palm oil without deforestation
The company is part of a specialised commodity processing group called Grupo Palmas external link, which in turn supplies Nestlé’s Peruvian affiliates with palm oil, an ingredient found in ...
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Prosecutor targets ‘ringleader’ Dennis Melka in Peru cacao
In the intervening years Melka has amassed a portfolio of 25 companies in the cacao and oil palm sectors, several of which are accused of destroying primary forest and native lands in the process. For all the accusations, damning reports and community protests, prosecutions against The Melka Group have not materialised until recently.
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Latin America:news review in progress - Melka group plans
7 July 2016: news review in progress - Global Witness finds Latin America most dangerous region for environmental activists Environmental Destruction, Land Grabs: Controversial Oil Palm Plantations in the Peruvian - Melka group plans to sell off its Plantations By Forest Peoples Pr
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Smallholder Oil Palm Production in the Peruvian
Smallholders play a major role in the expansion of oil palm as a global commodity crop. Yet outside of Southeast Asia, there is limited research on how it impacts smallholder livelihoods. This paper examines how different smallholder modes of production have emerged in the largest oil palm producing region of the Peruvian Amazon, Ucayali, and presents a typology of these arrangements. The ...
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Can Nestlé source Peruvian palm oil without deforestation
While Peruvian palm oil production only represents 0.4% of global output, in San Martin, the product contributes to some four percent of gross domestic product. Nestlé is one of the top buyers in the region. In Peru, the company owns several confectionary and food brands including the popular Sublime chocolate bars and Donofrio ice cream.
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Brazil — Palm Oil Blog — Khor Reports
Archive of Khor Reports' Palm Oil Blog, Jan 2011 - Feb 2023 . Data & Analysis Blog Archive. Palm Oil Blog Malaysia Political-Economy Publications About Segi Enam Advisors Search Contact Us Data & Analysis Blog Archive. Palm Oil Blog ...
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Deforestation, Palm Oil and Indigenous Rights – STORIES
These companies are all owned or run by Dennis Melka who owns over 25 such companies in Peru and is known locally as ‘the Melka Group’. The companies received their main funding from United Cacao Limited SEZC, a company that raised capital through the AIM of the London Stock Exchange and, later, the Bolsa de Valores de Lima. Much of this ...
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Andes to the + Deforestation | The Guardian
Andes to the + Deforestation | The Guardian In part three of our series, the Siona people stress opposition to any operations on their territory ‘The war goes on’: one tribe caught up ...
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Peruvian Melka group palm oil production company
2016-11-22· Peruvian Melka group palm oil production company withdraws from RSPO by Milton López Tarabochia on 22 November 2016 Translated by Romina Castagnino The withdrawal letter was sent via email on
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Melka Group Deforestation Damage in Peru Amounts to
2016-10-03· In 2015, the non-profit Environmental Investigation Agency reported that Dennis Melka is the head of a commercial group which founded 25 companies in Peru dedicated to palm oil and was being investigated by Peruvian authorities for the deforestation of seven thousand hectares. The non-profit group estimates that the wood from clearing this land
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Melka group palm oil company in Peru withdraws
Melka group palm oil company in Peru withdraws from RSPO and is slapped with fine. Melka group palm oil company in Peru withdraws from RSPO and is slapped with fine . News article. Publication date. 14 February, 2017. Region. South & Central America . Peru. Work theme. Global Finance & Trade. Featured topic. The struggle of the Shipibo community of Santa Clara de Uchunya against the
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Melka group company in Peru withdraws from RSPO as
In its letter to the RSPO the company which is one of at least 25 companies operating as part of the Melka commercial group in Peru, claim “PdP has divested all its palm oil estates, land, related activities and equipment and PdP has no involvement in the Palm oil industryand withdraws and terminates its membership with the RSPO with
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Facing controversy, Peruvian palm oil firm seeks sale
2016-06-28· A consortium linked to large-scale destruction of rainforests in the Peruvian is putting one of its palm oil companies up for sale. According to a notice posted in The Jakarta Post, the
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EIA Report Exposes Illegal Deforestation of Peruvian
2015-04-07· EIA Report Exposes Illegal Deforestation of Peruvian for Palm Oil Cultivation and international actors have requested tens of thousands of hectares of forested public land in the from the Peruvian government to expand oil palm plantations. Two powerful commercial players, the Melka Group, a network of companies linked to massive deforestation and corrupt land
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Environmental Destruction, Land Grabs: Controversial Oil
2016-06-28· When Jardines was challenged over its palm oil property in Tripa, it sold the company off instead of sorting out the problems on the ground.” Additional government regulations, in both host and home countries, are needed to hold transnational companies to account for their legal, human rights and environmental violations.
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Oil Palm in Peru: Destruction Advancing Upon the Amazon
Then they planted the oil palm. Those of us who still haven’t sold are surrounded by the company plantations.” The Palmas Group (part of the Romero group, the second most important economic group in Peru) is one of the oil palm pioneers in the country and is currently the largest producer. This group has developed two large industrial
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Peru to End Palm Oil Driven Deforestation by 2021
2023-08-23· By Genevieve Belmaker. Last week, the Peruvian Palm Oil Producers' Association (JUNPALMA) promised to enter into an agreement for sustainable and deforestation-free palm oil production. The promise was secured by the U.S. based National Wildlife Federation (NWF) in collaboration with the local government, growers and the independent conservation organization
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EIA Investigative Report Exposes Illegal Deforestation
EIA's new investigative report exposes the ongoing and looming threat of illegal deforestation in the Peruvian due to installation of agro-indu
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Peruvian Indigenous Leader in London to Common
2015-11-02· Robert Guimaraes Vasquez, a leader of the Shipibo-Konibo indigenous people in Peru’s has travelled to a global forum in London on business, deforestation and human rights to highlight the destruction of his people’s traditional lands by an international agribusiness group and member of the RSPO (Round Table for Sustainable Palm oil), a global body that certifies that the production
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Peruvian palm oil firm seeks sale of its InfoAmazonia
The Melka Group is planning to auction off its palm oil holdings in the Amazon. The group has been highly controversial due to its practices of deforestation and complaints by Peruvian courts. A consortium linked to large-scale destruction of rainforests in the Peruvian is putting one of its palm oil companies up for sale, []
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RSPO orders Peruvian palm oil plantation to stop
Meanwhile, dozens of NGOs urge removal of its parent company, United Cacao, from the London Stock Exchange amid legality issues. Plantaciones de Pucallpa is one of several industrial agriculture companies operating in Peru. It has been developing a palm oil plantation over the last several years.
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Five Things I Learnt About Oil Palm in Ucayali STORIES
2016-09-26· 4. Oil palm is expanding within the context of legal loopholes and lack of regulation. During recent years, oil palm companies, such as Grupo Palmas and the Melka Group companies, have taken advantage of certain loopholes within Peruvian legislation to facilitate the conversion of forests to monoculture plantations.
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Peru Palm Oil USDA FAS International Production
Palm Oil Growth in Peru Slows as Land Suitability and Sustainability Take Top Priority. Palm is a tree crop suited to cultivation in climatic conditions similar to those of the tropical rainforest. From 1999 to 2009, global production more than doubled. Thirty years ago, palm oil accounted for less than 2 percent but now accounts for 37 percent
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Can Nestlé source Peruvian palm oil without deforestation
2023-07-11· The company is part of a specialised commodity processing group called Grupo Palmas external link, which in turn supplies Nestlé’s Peruvian affiliates with palm oil, an ingredient found in
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Can Nestlé source Peruvian palm oil without deforestation
While Peruvian palm oil production only represents 0.4% of global output, in San Martin, the product contributes to some four percent of gross domestic product. Nestlé is one of the top buyers in the region. In Peru, the company owns several confectionary and food brands including the popular Sublime chocolate bars and Donofrio ice cream.
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Peru Promotes Oil Palm Expansion Despite Devastating
Peru Promotes Oil Palm Expansion Despite Devastating Consequences for Indigenous Peoples & October 14, 2015 Despite reports about the devastating impacts of oil palm expansion on forests and indigenous peoples, the Peruvian government continues to promote oil palm development, supposedly as a viable economic alternative in the fight against drug trafficking, migratory agriculture,
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PALM OIL COMPANIES DEFORESTED 13,076 HECTARES
The modus operandi of the Malaysian-Peruvian business group, which members include Dennis Melka (Executive Director of the company Asian Plantations), Rubén Antonio Espinosa and Freddy Escobar Rozas, is the setting up of several shell companies through which manage the buying and selling requests to allocate land over 96,000 they
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Voluntary agreement proposed to eliminate palm oil
The US-based National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has announced a proposed agreement between the Peruvian Palm Oil Producers’ Association (JUNPALMA), the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) and the Peruvian Society for Eco-development (SPDE) which would promise sustainable and deforestation-free palm oil production as of 2021. If eventually signed and implemented, Peru would be the second
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Five Things I Learnt About Oil Palm in Ucayali STORIES
2016-09-26· 4. Oil palm is expanding within the context of legal loopholes and lack of regulation. During recent years, oil palm companies, such as Grupo Palmas and the Melka Group companies, have taken advantage of certain loopholes within Peruvian legislation to facilitate the conversion of forests to monoculture plantations.
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Buyers beware of trash and run: Melka group plans to sell
Buyers beware of trash and run: Melka group plans to sell off controversial oil palm plantations operations in the Peruvian Amazon. Buyers beware of trash and run: Melka group plans to sell off controversial oil palm plantations operations in the Peruvian . News article. Publication date. 28 June, 2016. Region. Peru. Work theme. Rights to land & natural resources. Economic, social
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Can Nestlé Source Peruvian Palm Oil Without
2023-07-17· The company is part of a specialised commodity processing group called Grupo Palmas, which in turn supplies Nestlé’s Peruvian affiliates with palm oil, an ingredient found in everything from
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Peru Promotes Oil Palm Expansion Despite Devastating
Peru Promotes Oil Palm Expansion Despite Devastating Consequences for Indigenous Peoples & October 14, 2015 Despite reports about the devastating impacts of oil palm expansion on forests and indigenous peoples, the Peruvian government continues to promote oil palm development, supposedly as a viable economic alternative in the fight against drug trafficking, migratory agriculture,
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Voluntary agreement proposed to eliminate palm oil
The US-based National Wildlife Federation (NWF) has announced a proposed agreement between the Peruvian Palm Oil Producers’ Association (JUNPALMA), the Ministry of Agriculture (MINAG) and the Peruvian Society for Eco-development (SPDE) which would promise sustainable and deforestation-free palm oil production as of 2021. If eventually signed and implemented, Peru would be the second
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While Peruvian palm oil production only represents 0.4% of global output, in San Martin, the product contributes to some four percent of gross domestic product. Nestlé is one of the top buyers in the region. In Peru, the company owns several confectionary and food brands including the popular Sublime chocolate bars and Donofrio ice cream.
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Primary rainforest cleared for massive palm oil
2015-05-21· Mongabay 20 May 2015 Primary rainforest cleared for massive palm oil plantations in Peru by John C. Cannon More than 9,400 hectares of closed-canopy Amazonian rainforest has been removed for two oil palm plantations in the Peruvian region of Ucayali since 2011, according to scientists working for MAAP, the Monitoring of the Andean Project.
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PALM OIL COMPANIES DEFORESTED 13,076 HECTARES
The modus operandi of the Malaysian-Peruvian business group, which members include Dennis Melka (Executive Director of the company Asian Plantations), Rubén Antonio Espinosa and Freddy Escobar Rozas, is the setting up of several shell companies through which manage the buying and selling requests to allocate land over 96,000 they
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farmlandgrab.org Oil palm in Peru: Destruction advancing
The Palmas Group (part of the Romero group, the second most important economic group in Peru) is one of the oil palm pioneers in the country and is currently the largest producer. This group has developed two large industrial plantations: Palmawasi in Tocache, and Palmas del Shanusi on the border between Loreto and San Martín. Then there is the Melka Group, belonging to Czech-American citizen
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Prosecutor targets ‘ringleader’ Dennis Melka in Peru cacao
In the intervening years Melka has amassed a portfolio of 25 companies in the cacao and oil palm sectors, several of which are accused of destroying primary forest and native lands in the process. For all the accusations, damning reports and community protests, prosecutions against The Melka Group have not materialised until recently.
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