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African palm produces a fruit that is harvested, pressed for oil, processed, and sold to be used in cosmetics, food processing, animal feed (palm seed husks) and biodiesel. The monocropping of palm in Uraba on land that belongs to local farmers has led to human rights violations such as displacement of communities, threats to food security, contamination of local water supplies, and connections to murders of local leaders.
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