Samenvatting

The complexity and high relevance of land and natural resources are very important to all communities throughout the world. In fact, without natural resources rural communities strive to survive. The land, trees, water and animals are all examples of natural resources that rural communities depend on for food, clothing, shelter, jewellery, etc and are very essential in the fight against food insecurity and poverty. This is also the case for local communities located in and around large-scale oil palm plantations in Liberia. Palm oil production has long lasting social, economic and environmental implications on local communities.