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6 Feb 2017

Peru: Indigenous community blocks expansion of United Cacao’s palm oil plantation after reported land devastation

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Following complaints before the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil over alleged negative impacts by Plantaciones de Pucallpa (part of United Cacao Limited, a company owned by Dennis Melka), a palm oil plantation expansion has been blocked. The Shipibo indigenous community of Santa Clara, in the Amazon, has started a process to have their land rights entitlements officially recognized by the Government of Peru. The London Stock Exchange suspended United Cacao from its listings recently [includes video].