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    • Video statement by Nelson Basalidde the General Manager of the Palm Growers Trust
    • Video statement byJosephine Namulindwa, Secretary of the Kalangala Oil PalmGrowers Association (KOPGA)
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Video News Release: Uganda Court clears Bidco of deforestation

Judge dismisses ‘unnecessary’ law suit by environmental activists

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The High Court of Uganda has cleared Bidco (http://www.BidcoAfrica.com) against claims of deforestation in the Vegetable Oil Development Program in Kalangala district. The public interest case filed by three environmental groups alleged that Bidco coerced the Government through the National Forestry Authority to de-gazette forest reserves on Bugala Island for…

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    • Part of the expansive plantation on the 9000 hectares Kalangala Island
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    • A section of the developed road network in Kalangala as a result of the palm oil plantation project
    • Students in a classroom built in the island. The children have access to improved standards of education
    • The solar power plant that generates all the energy used in the operations at the island
    • A truck ferrying the harvested palm seeds for processing
    • A picture illustration of the developments that have come with the palm oil project
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London Protesters are cons Bidco says

Company says it won’t bow to blackmail

Bidco Africa (www.BidcoAfrica.com) has said the protesters that picketed outside Standard Chartered and Barclays Banks in London on Tuesday are con artists trying to blackmail the company. The company says it has been fighting an anonymous and faceless group of online con artists masquerading as activists for over a year. The…