PT Kenertec Power Systems, a company belonging to the Korindo group has agreed to end a long-running lawsuit intended to silence a civil society campaign to protect rainforest, in Indonesia’s Papua province, threatened by Korindo’s extensive palm oil operations after a judge in Germany set to dismiss the case.
Groups call on European governments to honour their responsibilities to the communities affected by their investments in a DR Congo palm oil plantation by taking action to stop the violence surrounding the mediation process.
- Collective
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24 February 2023
Les gouvernements européens doivent honorer leurs responsabilités envers les communautés affectées par leurs investissements dans une société d'huile de palme et mettre fin à la violence entourant le processus de médiation.
- Collectif
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24 February 2023
The Agriculture Minister of the German state of Brandenburg wants to enact a new law to prevent investors from outside the industry from buying up a large part of the agricultural land.
- Indo & NY
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01 January 2023
A mediation process is unlikely to address long-lasting tensions and tenure issues that arise when ‘development’ projects on public lands take over large tracts of ancestral land
- University of Antwerp
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11 November 2022
For more than a decade, some Bunong villagers have been trying to reclaim and gain legal recognition for their customary land that have been acquired by Luxembourg-based Socfin Group’s subsidiaries since 2007. Some details of the settlement were released this September, in a joint statement issued by the firms and community representatives who negotiated on behalf of 210 families in five villages.
- CamboJa News
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04 November 2022
Mennonites are linked to expanding farmland acquisition and deforestation - not always with the right paperwork - in the Yucatan Peninsula
On se croirait en train de suivre un film d’horreur. Le dimanche 26 juin 2022, une équipe des gardes industriels, G4S et la police est descendus à la division Bolembo où elle constante qu’une quantité de régimes et fruits de tâches de noix furent déplacés.
Auch in Deutschland ist Ackerland längst zum Spekulationsobjekt geworden. Die steigenden Bodenpreise sorgen dafür, dass Bauern kaum ein Auskommen haben. Ein Skandal, findet die Autorin Annette Jensen, und fordert eine radikale Bodenreform.
- Deutschlandfunkkultur
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29 June 2022
George Forrest, qui possède déjà un cheptel de 30 000 bovins qui paissent sur 450 000 hectares en RDC, vient de créer un holding qui inclut 3000 hectares de cultures, une biscuiterie et des activités de transformation et de commercialisation de viande.
- Financial Afrik
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28 April 2022
Trente organisations demandent aux gouvernements responsables de la supervision des banques de développement de prendre des mesures pour réparer les préjudices causés aux communautés par leur investissement dans PHC/Feronia.
- Collective statement
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28 February 2022
Thirty CSOs call on the governments responsible for overseeing the development banks to take action to redress the harms caused to the communities from their investment oil palm plantation company PHC/Feronia.
- Collective statement
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28 February 2022